It’s not just your processor and operating system that are affected by the Meltdown and Spectre memory vulnerabilities — your graphics card is, too. To that end, NVIDIA has detailed how its GPUs are affected by the speculative execution attacks and has started releasing updated drivers that tackle the issue. All its GeForce, Quadro, NVS, […]
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NVIDIA adds Instagram-like filters to your games
NVIDIA is diving into curious new territory with its next GeForce Experience update: filters. With a new beta feature called Freestyle, you can spice up your gameplay with 15 different filters. Because who wouldn’t want to play Grand Theft Auto V in sepia tones? While it doesn’t seem particularly useful, there’s likely a crowd of […]
Nvidia starts new Windows beta for GeForce Now cloud-gaming service
If you’ve got an underpowered Windows PC, you’ll soon be able to use it to play some of the most demanding games available today. Nvidia will let you do that using the cloud-gaming technology of GeForce Now, which is launching an expanded free beta test soon. Phil Eisler, head of GeForce Now at Santa Clara, […]
VW, Uber announce self-driving partnerships with Nvidia
The 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is getting underway in Las Vegas, and for automotive-focused among us, it’s a showcase of the increasing and evolving fusion of cars and digital technology. As such, it’s the appropriate venue for computer tech company Nvidia to announce deepening autonomous vehicle partnerships with both Uber and Volkswagen. Let’s start […]
NVIDIA is gearing up to end 32-bit OS support
The time of the 32-bit OS continues its slow descent into obsolescence. NVIDIA announced that Version 390 of its graphics card driver would be the last to support 32-bit Windows, Linux and FreeBSD systems. While this shouldn’t come as a surprise 64-bit systems have become the norm, there are folks and organizations out there that […]
Nvidia to cease producing new drivers for 32-bit systems
Enlarge / You wouldn’t really want to use Nvidia’s $ 3,000 Titan V with a 32-bit operating system anyway. (credit: Nvidia) While most people have probably made the switch by now, yet another reason to drop 32-bit operating systems and move to 64-bits is coming. Version 390 of Nvidia’s graphics drivers, likely to arrive in […]
Nintendo brings HD Wii games to China’s Nvidia Shield—is Switch next?
Enlarge / A promotional page shows Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii alongside a selection of other Nvidia Shield TV content in China. (credit: JD.com) Nvidia’s Shield set-top TV box launches in China today with the same kinds of Android-based games and video-streaming capabilities familiar to owners in the West. But that foreign launch also […]
Nvidia launches Shield TV set-top box in China with remastered Nintendo titles
Nvidia is launching its Shield TV set-top box in the Chinese market. And the gaming-focused device will come with remastered versions of Nintendo titles from the earlier Wii and GameCube platforms. Some of the Nintendo titles that will be available for the first time in China (at least legally) are New Super Mario Bros. for […]
Nintendo Wii, GameCube games come to China on NVIDIA Shield
As revealed by industry analyst Daniel Ahmad, Nintendo is teaming up with NVIDIA to release some of its Wii and Gamecube games in China for the first time. While NVIDIA’s Tegra chip is at the heart of the Nintendo Switch, in this case, the games will run on the NVIDIA Shield, which hit the market […]
Nvidia joins Udacity nanodegree program to shape robotics education
Udacity today announced that Nvidia will help shape the second term of its robotics software engineer nanodegree program. The effort is led by Nvidia’s Deep Learning Institute, which helps developers, researchers, and others with the tools and training necessary to carry out deep learning. The first term of the robotics software engineer nanodegree was first […]
