Tag: Graphics
How to Change Screen Resolution in Windows
Depending on what type of graphics solution you have installed in your computer, you are able to adjust the look of your display settings or what is called your screen resolution. You can adjust it so you can have more space on your screen for multiple windows, or to make things bigger on screen for [...]
11″ Showdown: Samsung Series 9 Compared to the MacBook Air
Samsung has finally made the Series 9 11″ Windows powered ultraportable available for sale, joining the pricy Series 9 13″ notebook. Both of these new Series 9 notebooks are designed to take on the MacBook Air 11″, and while we know it’s not all in the specs we wanted to take a look at the [...]
Mac OS X 10.6.7 Update Released with MacBook Pro 2011 Fixes, and more
Apple has just released an update to the Mac OS X operating system, bringing the version up to OS X 10.6.7, and addressing the issues many users are reporting with the early 2011 MacBook Pros including freezing and external display glitches. The Mac OS X 10.6.7 can be downloaded by clicking on the Apple in [...]
Half of All Notebooks will Ship with a Graphics Enabled Processor in 2011
In 2011 half of all notebook computers will likely ship with a graphics enabled processor. The two major notebook processor makers, Intel and AMD, are offering processors that have a graphics solution built into the processing chip. For Intel this is called Sandy Bridge and on the AMD’s side it is Fusion or as AMD [...]
AMD Discrete Graphics to Power New High-End Apple MacBook Pros?
While Apple may be dumping NVIDIA’s integrated graphics solution on the low-end 13-inch MacBook Pro in favor of Intel’s integrated GPU option due to regulations that the chip-maker had imposed on hardware-makers hoping to utilize the second-generation Intel Core i Series Sandy Bridge CPU, Apple may also be eschewing NVIDIA’s solutions in its higher-end laptops [...]
AMD Radeon HD 6000M GPU Announced at CES 2011
At CES 2011 in Las Vegas AMD announced the AMD Radeon HD6000M GPU, the company’s latest notebook graphics processor which marks the second generation of Direct X11 notebook graphic processor for the company and brings with it many improvements in power and power usage. Additionally AMD announced the new Fusion APU family of processors. The [...]
Apple Poised to Switch Smaller MacBooks to Intel Graphics
Apple MacBook models with 13″ screens or smaller will cease using NVIDIA graphics in favor of Intel’s new Sandy Bridge processor which includes integrated Intel graphics, according to a report by CNET. Sandy Bridge is the name Intel has given to its newest version of processors which will be officially unveiled in January. It not [...]
What is Intel Sandy Bridge, and What it Means for Consumers
This week at the Intel Developer Forum Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel announced the next generation of processors that many consumers will see in their laptops, tablets and desktops in 2011. The new processors, called Sandy Bridge, are aimed at meeting the media demands of many consumers who want to use their laptops to edit and share [...]
Optimus Makes it Simple
Rene Haas is the General Manager of Notebooks at NVIDIA In the past, consumers were forced to prioritize notebook performance or battery life, as one feature typically suffers significantly in order to accommodate the other. You could have long battery life from an underpowered notebook, or all the GPU power you desired from a notebook [...]
Do You Need a GPU? It’s For More Than Gaming!
When looking for a new computer a lot of people ask their technologically inclined friend what options they need and which ones to pass on. One question that comes up more often these days from notebook shoppers is, “Do I need a GPU?”
It used to be that any question about graphics came back to whether or not the purchaser was a gamer but anymore adding a GPU or Graphical Processing Unit to your notebook is about more than gaming.
