GeForce GTX 970
Open Letter from Jen-Hsun to Gamers On GeForce GTX 970
Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of buzz all across about the GTX 970 issues. NVIDIA yesterday published an open letter to all Gamers where Jen Hsun addresses the community about it. It is a positive move to see the GPU Giant take the issue in their stride. Here is the whole transcript from the letter. “Hey everyone, Some of you are disappointed that we didn’t clearly describe the segmented memory of GeForce GTX 970 when we launched it. I can see why, so let me address it. We invented a new memory architecture in Maxwell. This new capability was created so that reduced-configurations of Maxwell can have a larger framebuffer – i.e., so that GTX 970 is not limited to 3GB, and can have an additional 1GB. GTX 970 is a 4GB card. However, the upper 512MB of the additional 1GB i...
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming Graphics Card Review
Introduction This time we test the more budget oriented Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 SOC gaming graphics card. This card however has one 6 and one 8-pin power feed but then again, does come with a WindForce cooler. The G1 Gaming has 4 GB graphics memory, is energy efficient and factory overclocked for you. You will be surprised by how this card looks, how silent it is and how well it performs. The PC market is interesting, it has been on a decline for sure but gaming PCs are getting popular thanks to some great publisher titles as well as e-sports. We all want a beast of a gaming rigsince PC gaming as an experience is just so much better than anything else out there. The Maxwell family of GPUs are the 10th generation architecture for NVIDIA with several design goals in mind (higher performa...
NVIDIA Unveils Full Power of Maxwell GPU Architecture
In a major leap forward for gaming, NVIDIA today introduced the first high-end products based on its Maxwell™ chip architecture—the new GeForce® GTX™ 980 and 970 GPUs—delivering unmatched performance, major new graphics capabilities and twice the energy efficiency of the previous generation. Maxwell is the company’s 10th-generation GPU architecture, following Kepler™. The engine of next-generation gaming, it solves some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing. Its new Voxel Global Illumination (VXGI) technology enables gaming GPUs for the first time to deliver real-time dynamic global illumination. Scenes are significantly more lifelike as light interacts realistically in the game environment—resulting in deeper levels of immersion for gamers. And a range o...