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NVIDIA drivers tilt the scale
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... it’s surprising how soon NVIDIA struck back with a grab for the title. NVIDIA is currently contesting the $270 HD 4870 1GB’s place with the recently revised $250 GTX 260. Thanks to price cuts and additional stream shaders, the Core 216 GTX 260s saw an added boost in bang-for-the-buck ratings over their earlier brothers. But that wasn’t enough to knock the ATI card out of its favored place. NVIDIA’s critical strike was the release of the Forceware 180 “Big Bang II” drivers. Hexus is now reporting that with the added gains from Big Bang II drivers, the GTX 260 pulls ahead in ...
Wednesday Shortbread
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Wednesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki 3:35 PM on November 26, 2008 Wednesday Digital Trends lists top ten best Black Friday deals TechSpot's holiday gift guide 2008 PCPer podcast #42 TechwareLabs' official netbook buying guide HardwareZone on building your own Intel gaming rig Hexus.tv: pacify your PC part 5 : the final assembly Hexus.net on Nvidia ForceWare 180 : GeForce GTX 260 performance realized? Sony: ' No plans ' for PS3 price cut next year Futurelooks lists five things to love about the New ...
Point of View GeForce GTX 260 - everything but the kitchen sink
HEXUS.net : News —
... , also known as rev 180, which were made public nearly two weeks ago. At that time , we mused on the tri-fold benefits - multi-display SLI, 'free' performance, and GPU-specific PhysX - and thought it a positive step. Now with GeForce GTX 260 (216-core) pricing coming down a touch, it's time to revisit the old NVIDIA vs. ATI debate, to see who wins at around the 200 mark. Point of View sent us its GeForce GTX 260 Premium Edition (216-core) and we put it up against some ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB lovin'.
