« Let me get in your Glowing Belly Love…sofa
MLG Tournament I: Official Closing Score Card and Winners »


Originally scheduled for a November 2009 launch, nVidia has pushed back the release of its “Fermi” Graphics Processing Unit until March. Hard at work, the company has supposedly been ironing out kinks before it is ready to unleash Fermi. Already trailing ATi in the ultra high performance sector, nVidia desperately needs this GPU to be everything that it is promising. With already stiff competition in the integrated graphics department from Intel (whose 4500M dominates all Intel based budget and consumer laptops and some desktops) and AMD’s Fushion (ATi), nVidia must strike back against arch rival ATi in the mid to upper tier markets.

Hailed as revolutionary and packed with three billion transistors, Fermi will be technically superior to anything that ATi has planned in the short term, but the GPU war never remains stationary. Presently, ATi’s Radeon HD 5970 is the fastest 3D card available –something that does not sit well with nVidia. Bragging rights to having the most powerful GPU on the planet between nVidia and ATi is similar to a shouting match between two young schoolmates about who has the strongest dad.

Basically, Fermi means that gamers like me will be able to blow stuff up in nicer detail and smoother motion. It will finally be time for me to retire my faithful 8800GT. The amazing image below is a 3D rendering done by the Fermi engine and is not a photograph (I honestly thought that it was a real person):

Source: nVidia.


Rating:
(Avg: Need 5 votes)
 

 

« Let me get in your Glowing Belly Love…sofa
MLG Tournament I: Official Closing Score Card and Winners »

0 Comments

Dear Guest, please login to comment

Login with your ZiggyTek account

Create New Account | Forgot password?


Please keep the comments clean by not posting advertisements, profanity, or personal attacks. Terms of Use.

Having trouble registering? Try our non-javascript registration page.

suggest a link

Follow Us


Tips

We love to hear from our users, so if you have anything you would like us to write about let us know by emailing us at tips@ziggytek.com.

MustRead


PopularBlogPosts

Categories


Archives


About ZiggyTek

ZiggyTek is more than a gadget blog - it's a gadget community. In addition to bringing you the updates on the newest gadgets around the world, we give you a venue to discuss amongst each other and ponder those nuances that make all the difference. Got a tip on a hot new product? Let us know! Do you own one of the gadgets we cover? Give us your own impressions! Just around for articles? Take your time!