AGEIA's PhysX in Need of Resuscitation

AGEIA is hoping that the release of the FREE CellFactor: Revolution title will help push their cause for hardware physics in gaming. But does the title live up to hype and can it possibly help the AGEIA PhysX hardware??

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra

NVIDIA has just one-upped itself with the new 8800 Ultra graphics card and left AMD's Radeon GPUs in the dust once again. How much faster could the Ultra possibly go??

Introduction and the 8600 GTS XXX

XFX has brought their XXX offering of GeForce 8600 GTS and GT cards to the PC Perspective testing bench to see how they hold up to the recent competition. We also take the time to run some SLI benchmarks with both GTS and GT models.

The NVIDIA G86 Core

NVIDIA's GeForce 8600 GT is being displayed today by EVGA in their "Superclocked" model that is overclocked out of the box. Can this card compete with the ATI line up better than the 8600 GTS did?

NVIDIA Shows G84 and G86, Finally!

The new 8600 GTS graphics card will bring DX10 support as well as a completely new video processing engine to the mainstream graphics market for the first time. Can the ATI offerings keep in gaming performance though and ruin the party?

Introduction

OnAir Solution has a new HDTV tuner that connects to your PC or notebooks through a USB connection and comes with software for some PVR action as well.

EVGA's Superclocked 8800 GTS 320MB

EVGA has turned up the heat on the competition with a superclocked model of the new 8800 GTS 320MB graphics card. Can the extra speed help the 8800 GTS 320MB find a place in your next system upgrade?

Vista Transition Going Well

AMD provided us with some interesting information on their current ATI Catalyst Vista driver, its future and how the number of times it has been downloaded simply blew my mind!

A new lower priced 8800

Today NVIDIA is announcing the availability of the new GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB graphics card -- the same GPU we have seen in the existing 8800 GTS with half the memory and a lower price. Is it worth the money to drop half of your on-board buffer??

XFX's Overclocked 8800 GTX

XFX has taken the already impressive 8800 GTX GPU and overclocked it to sell as their coveted XXX Edition! No porn, but plenty of blazing fast gaming is to be seen!

NVIDIA Speaks Out About Vista Support

NVIDIA has been catching a lot of flack for their minimal driver support under the newly released Windows Vista OS. We sat down with the VP of Software Engineering to get some insight on what is causing the delays and what you can expect for future driver revisions.

Introduction

Windows Vista is officially unveiled to the consumer today and we wanted to get some information for our readers on gaming performance in the new OS. Should enthusiast gamers start looking for a new copy of Vista or hold off for some more driver development?

The Slides

AMD has announced a new product that will officially bring cable-based digital TV to your PC.

The BFG 8800 GTS Card

BFG's 8800 GTS model doesn't stray from the reference design much, but that isn't a bad thing as we see in our performance tests of a single card and SLI configuration.

Introduction to Ray Tracing

Guest author Daniel Pohl shares with us his insight into using raytracing for game rendering and how the increasing power of multi-core processors are helping bring it to a reality.

Imagine playing a computer game in the quality seen in the movies of the 'Lord of the Rings'-series; absolute realistic lighting, details like in real life, believable skins and much more.

Introduction and 8800 GTX Review

We finally had a pair of GeForce 8800 GTX cards sitting here long enough to get some SLI testing done; and we think you'll be impressed by the results!

PureVideo HD Introduction

NVIDIA's PureVideo HD technology attempts to take most of the guess work out of building an HD-DVD and Blu-ray ready system for your home theater or desktop, while offering great playback performance as well.

Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player

Microsoft released their external HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360 this week with a hidden surprise: it works on your PC!