nVidia intra pe piata de retail! In acest moment sunt disponibile la vanzare pe Best Buy placi grafice GeForce Built by nVidia. Da, placi grafice vandute sub brandul nVidia, nu sub brandul vre-unui authorized board partener.
 
NVIDIA colaboreaza cu Best Buy pentru a oferi clientilor PC-uri de gaming dotate cu cele mai puternice tehnologii hardware. Cel putin acum, aceste produse vor fi disponibile doar la Best Buy si vor completa oferta de placi grafice GeForce oferite de parteneri.
 
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article/2010/10/05/nvidia_enters_retail_direct_sales_at_best_buy

NVIDIA and Best Buy are working together to offer PC customers the opportunity to experience firsthand the latest in PC technologies right inside Best Buy stores. As part of this broad initiative, NVIDIA is supplying to Best Buy specific GeForce models built and supported by NVIDIA. These products will only be available at Best Buy and will complement GeForce products from our partners. We will provide more details on this next week.

DirectX 11 e ultimul si cel mai nou API de la Microsoft pentru programarea jocurilor 3D. Seria 5000 de la ATI ofera in premiera suport in hardware pentru DirectX 11. Contraatacul nVidia se lasa asteptat. Pana atunci, sa vedem cum arata DirectX 11 si ce face el pentru noi, gamerii.
 
Aceasta stire o puteti discuta si pe forumul nostru:
http://www.pcgamingxtreme.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=34
 
Incep prin prezentarea tech demo-ului Ladybug, oferit chiar de AMD/ATI:
 

 
Primul joc de calibru cu suport DirecX 11 va fi DiRT 2, joc care se va lansa in decembrie 2009 in versiunea de PC:
 

 
Printre jocurile care vor implementa suport DirectX 11 amintim Alien vs Predator, Assassins Creed II, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 si urmatorul Crysis. Toate acestea sunt programate pentru o lansare in 2010. Iata ce au de spus si programatorii despre noul API de la Microsoft:
 

 
Unigine a dezvoltat de asemenea un tech demo / benchmark care suporta DirectX 11:
 

 
Tech demo prezentat de nVidia:
 

 
Si asa ar trebui sa arate jocurile viitorului, construite pe fundamentul DirectX 11:
 

 

 

 

Alaturi de DiRT 2, care va sosi pe PC-urile noastre in Decembrie 2009, lista jocurilor care suporata API-ul DirectX 11 se va intregi cu Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
 
AMD just sent over a list of DirectX 11 game titles and when their expected release dates are going to be. It looks like DirectX 11 is finally starting to pick up some speed, which is great news for ATI Radeon HD 5000 video card series owners as you have a card supporting DX11. A new name has appeared on the DX11 game list and that would be Battlefield: Bad Company 2!
 
This is a big title game, so that should help boost sales for AMD. DiRT 2 is coming out on December 1st, so it looks like DirectX 11 is about to get a shot in the arm with these major game titles. NVIDIA’s GT300 ‘Fermi’ graphics solution for DirectX 11 is missing in action and is rumored to not be coming out in volume until April 2010. If that is the case AMD has a six month head start on DX11!