GPU Industry News and Reviews – Weekly Round-up (2009.04.24)

Geeks3D.com NEWS

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• [TEST] Google O3D API: First Test and Impressions
• GPU Caps Viewer Available in Spanish
• Google O3D: Put Real Time 3D In Your Browser!
• A New Benchmark Index: The PDW or Performance-Dollar-Watts
• NVIDIA Quadro Digital Video Pipeline Is The First GPU Based Platform For Broadcast Production
• Real Time Ray Tracing at 5 FPS with CausticRT Raytracing System

NEWS – Video Card

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• GT300 to Pack 512 Shader Processors
• An interview with ATI – Dave Baumann – Radeon HD 4890, Memory Design, Multi-GPU, DirectX 11
• GTX 295 interferes with garage door remotes
• GTX 295 stops garage door remotes from working
• AMD RV870: 40 nanometer DirectX 11 GPU in August
• ATI to Ship DirectX 11 Capable Cards This Summer

NEWS – 3D Programming

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• High-Frequency Shadows for Real-Time Rendering of Trees
  

  

• Technical Notes on O3D
• Wolfenstein 3D for iPhone: Code Review

NEWS – CUDA Programming

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• Programming The CUDA Architecture: A Look At GPU Computing

NEWS – OpenCL Programming

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• NVIDIA Releases OpenCL Driver To Developers
  NVIDIA provides OpenCL driver and SDK to developers

NEWS – OpenGL Programming

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• Caustic Reinvents Raytracing for Interactive, Cinema-Quality 3D Graphics

NEWS – 3D Engines – SDK

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• CopperCube 3D Beta 1 – 3D Engine for Flash and Windows
• C4 Engine – Update
• Globe_3D – Update

NEWS – Video Card

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• PowerColor Adds Overclocked Editions To HD 4890 Line-up – PowerColor’s Professional Cooling System PLUS or PCS+

PowerColor Radeon HD 4890 PCS+

PowerColor Radeon HD 4890 PCS+

REVIEW – Video Card

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• ECS Elitegroup GeForce GTS 250 1024MB

ECS GeForce GTS 250 Video Card

ECS GeForce GTS 250 Video Card – GPU temperature with FurMark

REVIEW – Video Card

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• Gainward GTX 260 Core 216 GS GLH (Goes Like Hell)

Gainward GTX 260 216sp GS GLH

Gainward GTX 260 216sp GS GLH – GPU temperature with FurMark

REVIEW – Video Card

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• Zotac GeForce GTX 285 Infinity Edition

REVIEW – Video Card

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• MSI NGTX285 Super Pipe Graphics Card visits our lab

REVIEW – Video Card

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• Radeon HD 4850 Vs. GeForce GTS 250: Non-Reference Battle