When Intel launched its G965 chipset a year ago, the drivers for the integrated X3000 video processor weren't quite ready for prime time. Specifically, although the X3000 is capable of performing ...

Hey guys..<BR>Just wanting to 'edumacate' myself. I hear about all these good things about the future of gaming and graphics technology. I hear the terms "Vertex shaders", "Programmable pixels", ...

While Nvidia and ATI get the spotlight for gaming graphics, there is still a third notable player for retail graphics cards: Matrox. Like last year's Millennium G450, the just-announced Millennium ...

It seems only yesterday that we saw the arrival of the GF3 Ti500 GPU, the clock increased product refresh of the original GeForce3. That GPU broke new ground in terms of speed and functionality and it ...

One of the G80 GPU's main benefits is its full support for DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, and the other features inherent to Microsoft's upcoming API. In addition to the increased performance offered ...

Besides the CPU, one of the most important components in a System-On-a-Chip is the Graphical Processing Unit, otherwise known as the GPU. However for many people the GPU is shrouded in mystery. You ...

This article is part of the Electronics History series: The Graphics Chip Chronicles. ATI had been experimenting with the concepts of a unified shader for several years leading up to its acquisition ...