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My Gaming Journey With NVIDIA’s GTX 970
I bought the GTX 970 last month after most review sites described it as the deal of the decade and a product that stole the 980s thunder. Two GTX 970s SLI’d together were beating the 980, a single GTX 970 was beating a Titan in 3DMark firestrike, and everything was golden. So I bought it. Then I started to notice the tech community reporting about a few bugs with the card. There were a lot of rumours, trolling, misinformation, and general panic on the Internet, up until the point that. Being an owner of the much hyped and much slandered card, I thought that I should see for myself share my take on it. Let’s Get into This I would be wrong on my part not to mention something about NVIDIA GameWorks. It is a bundle that has been around for a while, but the ease of use that if brings to t...
GTX 960 Cup Round Up
So we just got done with the GTX 960 Cup a couple of days back in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai on the 31st of January. We would firstly want to thank you guys for your support, be it through social interactions like watching the twitch streams or interacting on facebook or actually turning up at the venues with your team, we really appreciate your passion and were glad that we were able to host this tournament with just a wonderful bunch of people. We had a good tournament as we had more than the allotted number of teams to showing up at the venues eager take a shot at the cup. We had 8 teams playing a single round elimination at each venue, and the finals were the best of three. Teams were also treated to lunch, which was the least we could give them as they had a long day of gaming ah...
Meet The Team Behind The Tournament
Hey Guys, We just wanted to introduce you all to the team that is working endlessly to ensure this tournament goes on smoothly. We are trying our best to make sure that you guys get the best possible experience and whether you win or lose, walk home with a smile on your face. Anyway, without further ado, lets get the introductions started. Admins Mukul- Mukul is currently a final year engineering student in Mumbai University. An E-sports enthusiast, who has been working in this field for the past 6 years. Vamsi – A gaming enthusiast who works at GE capital bank, Vamsi has been playing Dota from 4 years and even now with a busy schedule manages to take time out enjoy the game. His ultimate dream is to one day to take part in the international Dota 2 scene. Arvind– The founder ...
Check out our Venues for the Tournament
Hey Gamers, We are already on to our next tournament for the month. We had a great time hosting the Respawn Cup in Mumbai and Bangalore. For the GTX 960 Cup we’re expanding by adding a third city, Hyderabad to the mix. So now this event is going to take place in three venues simultaneously. We are sticking with Bangalore’s League of Extraordinary Gamers (LXG) which is NVIDIA’s very first Experience Zone in the country to serve as one of the tournament venues.For Mumbai we’ve got Gear Up Gaming Cafe which is NVIDIA’s second Experience Zone.And the latest addition for the tournament is PlayMax Interactive from Hyderabad which just recently turned into a NVIDIA Experience Zone making it the third of its kind. Hope to see all you DOTA fanatics there! DOTA is a ...
GIGABYTE Extends G1 Gaming Lineup with GeForce GTX 960
GIGABYTE, the world’s leading premium gaming hardware manufacturer, today announced GTX 960 G1 Gaming graphics card, GV-N960G1 GAMING-2GD, the latest addition to the G1 Gaming family. For enhanced gameplay experiences, the new G1 Gaming graphics card powered by GeForce® GTX 960 is engineered to deliver powerful overclock capabilities and amazing acoustic performance when running all the latest game titles. Power up and go Super Overclock The performance-driven GIGABYTE GTX 960 G1 Gaming graphics card is forged with only the top-notch GPU core through the very own GPU Gauntlet Sorting technology that guarantees greater overclocking capabilities in terms of excellent power switching and thermal efficiency. The card further boasts 160W of total board power, which is backed by a 6-phase GPU po...
ASUS Strix Edition GeForce GTX 960 Graphics Card Review
Last year the GeForce GTX 980 was revealed and with the power of four Xbox Ones worth of shader processing power on offer. While that’s pretty good it’s also quite heavy on the pocket. For gamers who want to pack the punch on a Gaming Rig for under INR 50K, the GTX 960 gives you half the power of a GeForce GTX 980. Better yet, because it’s based on Nvidia’s ultra-efficient Maxwell architecture, the GTX 960 ought to perform much better than its specs would seem to indicate. Can the GTX 960 live up to the standards set by its older siblings? Let’s have a look. The GTX 960 is a pretty significant product in the line for Nvidia. The GeForce GTX 970 and 980 have been a runaway success. But most people or say gamers as well don’t buy high-end graphics cards. E...
NVIDIA Boosts IQ Of Self-Driving Cars
Accelerating the race to autonomous cars, NVIDIA today launched NVIDIA DRIVE™ PX 2 – the world’s most powerful engine for in-vehicle artificial intelligence. NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 allows the automotive industry to use artificial intelligence to tackle the complexities inherent in autonomous driving. It utilizes deep learning on NVIDIA’s most advanced GPUs for 360-degree situational awareness around the car, to determine precisely where the car is and to compute a safe, comfortable trajectory. “Drivers deal with an infinitely complex world,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and CEO, NVIDIA. “Modern artificial intelligence and GPU breakthroughs enable us to finally tackle the daunting challenges of self-driving cars. “NVIDIA’s GPU is central to advances in deep learning and supercomputing. We are...
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...
SHIELD Tablet Gets Android 5.0 Lollipop, Valve Bundle, GRID Game Streaming
Android 5.0 Lollipop; a new bundle that includes one of the best games of all time, “Half-Life 2: Episode One”; and our new GRID on-demand gaming service – which includes more than 20 AAA titles – all highlight a major upgrade for our SHIELD tablet, rolling out a few months after its initial launch. Powered by our 192-core Tegra K1 chip, SHIELD tablet has wowed gamers and consumers with its unique blend of performance, value and serious gaming chops. Several media have named it one of the top tablets to consider on their holiday gift guides and buying lists. And we’re announcing three major updates that make the SHIELD tablet that much sweeter. Staying Sweet With SHIELD tablet, you’ll benefit from our commitment to have the latest and greatest software for your device. And that’s th...
MSI Gaming notebooks undergo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900M series refresh
Leading gaming notebook manufacturer MSI has announced updates to its existing lineup of notebook models equipped with NVIDIA graphics. With the launch of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900M series launch, MSI has seen fit to upgrade its high-end lineup of notebooks, including the GT and GS series. Where previously equipped with GTX 870M or 880M solutions, these solutions will now make way for the GeForce GTX 970M and 980M, respectively. As before, the MSI GT and GS lineup sports 15.6” to 17” models and the 4th Generation Core i7 CPUs from Intel. Other familiar MSI exclusive features developed for gamers are the SteelSeries gaming keyboards with multi-color backlighting, Killer DoubleShot Pro, sound by Dynaudio and Audio Boost. The most wanted exclusive features at 2014 MSI gaming laptops – ...
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...
NVIDIA’s Maxwell GPU’s will bring you closer to Virtual Reality Gaming
We’ve seen it in movies. We’re read about it in books. Virtual technology is breaking into the mainstream with NVIDIA’s latest GPUs – built on the new Maxwell architecture – are ready. Maxwell is at the core of the new GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 GPUs, the most advanced GPUs from NVIDIA. Maxwell is designed to solve some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing. One of the biggest challenges: virtual reality. With screens positioned inches away from the user’s face, responsiveness is at a premium. Which is why Maxwell-based GPUs have been optimized for virtual reality. No margin for error: get VR wrong and gamers can get sick. Typically, it takes 50 milliseconds or more to render a scene in a virtual reality environment, from the time you move your he...