In response to buzz about NVIDIA's Shield console, NVIDIA has moved up the preorder date a few days, May 20th to today, May 17th. Shield will be available for the previously stated $349 price for shoppers in the US. If you're not familiar with NVIDIA's Shield, it's a portable handheld gaming console including a 1.9 GHz Tegra 4 SoC and running Android 4.2.1. This is the first time NVIDIA has sold an Android device directly to consumers and will be supporting it directly with TegraZone marketplace alongside Google Play. NVIDIA SHIELD Shield SoC NVIDIA Tegra 4 - 1.9 GHz Display 5-inch 720p "Retinal" Display RAM 2 GB LPDDR3 Wireless Connectivity 2x2:2 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi + BT 3.0, GPS Storage 16 GB NAND, microSD Expansion I/O microUSB 2.0, mini-HDMI, 3.5mm headphone OS Android 4.2.1, Updates from NVIDIA Price $349.00, Preorders May 20...
AVADirect Clevo P170EM Part 2: GTX 680M Grudge Match
We took Clevo’s P170EM for a spin last week, equipped with a Radeon HD 7970M and a variety of other high-end options. Today we have our follow up where...
58 by Jarred Walton on 10/15/2012
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Launch Recap
Earlier this week we reviewed NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 650 Ti. As this was a hard launch many of NVIDIA’s partners have had their cards available for purchase from day-one...
7 by Chris Hansen on 10/11/2012
NVIDIA 306.97 WHQL Drivers Available
Continuing their 304 Series drivers, NVIDIA has just released their 306.97 driver update for desktops and laptops. Along with updated SLI and 3D Vision profiles for a few games...
17 by Jarred Walton on 10/10/2012
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Review, Feat. Gigabyte, Zotac, & EVGA
At a pace just shy of a card a month, NVIDIA has been launching the GeForce 600 series part by part for over the last half year now. What...
89 by Ryan Smith on 10/9/2012
The New Razer Blade: Thoroughly Reviewed
Earlier this year, Razer handed me a Blade evaluation unit and told me to go wild. Considering the company had no previous experience with developing PC laptop hardware, I...
59 by Vivek Gowri on 10/3/2012
HTC Makes the Global One X+ Official - 1.7 GHz AP37 Tegra 3, 64 GB of Storage
For a while now there has been chatter about HTC updating its One X line, and today those plans have become official with the HTC One X+. The update...
28 by Brian Klug on 10/2/2012NVIDIA Quietly Releases GeForce GTX 670MX and GTX 675MX for Notebooks
Testing the Alienware notebooks with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680Ms while seeing reviews for the GK104-based GeForce GTX 660 Ti and GK106-based GeForce GTX 660 go up has been interesting...
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Lenovo IdeaCentre A7 All-in-One Review: Starting to Get The Balance Right
As we mentioned in our recent review of Dell's enterprise-class all-in-one, the OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One, balancing the needs of an all-in-one system and making it feel like a solid...
33 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/26/2012
NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTX 650: GK107 With GDDR5
Alongside today’s launch of the GK106-based GeForce GTX 660, NVIDIA is also launching one other card: the GeForce GTX 650. In a nutshell, the GTX 650 is the long-awaited...
22 by Ryan Smith on 9/13/2012
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Review: GK106 Fills Out The Kepler Family
It's been nearly 6 months since the launch of the first Kepler GPUs, and due to 28nm production difficulties NVIDIA has spent the last 6 months with a sizable...
146 by Ryan Smith on 9/13/2012
Midrange System Buyer's Guide
Intel has dominated the midrange and high-end segments of the desktop processor market since the release of its Sandy Bridge architecture in early 2011. A few months ago we...
94 by Zach Throckmorton on 9/11/2012
Sony Xperia Tablet S: A Tablet and Universal Remote Rolled Into One
The Android tablet market is getting decidedly crowded, with dozens of different offerings from big and small companies alike, in sizes from 5” to 13.3”. How do you make...
15 by Jarred Walton on 8/31/2012
NVIDIA Quietly Releases OEM GeForce GTX 660
As is typically the case for NVIDIA when it comes to OEM products, they have once again quietly released their newest OEM video card. Their latest OEM addition is...
36 by Ryan Smith on 8/22/2012
The GeForce GTX 660 Ti Review, Feat. EVGA, Zotac, and Gigabyte
NVIDIA has a bit of a problem right now: their products are a bit too popular. Between the GK104-heavy desktop GeForce lineup, the GK104 based Tesla K10, and the...
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Samsung Series 7 NP700Z7C Review
We recently posted our first look at Dell’s new XPS 15, a Windows-focused laptop that took more than a few design elements of the standard MacBook Pro 15. While...
49 by Jarred Walton on 8/16/2012
NVIDIA Q2 FY13 Earnings Report: $1.04B Revenue, Tegra Sales Recover
I don't normally comment on earning's calls, but this is something I've been talking a lot about in meetings offline so I decided to write up a short post...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/10/2012
NVIDIA Announces Kepler-Based Quadro K5000 & Second-Generation Maximus
Since the initial launch of NVIDIA’s unusual chip stack for Kepler in late March, there has been quite a bit of speculation on how NVIDIA would flesh out their...
30 by Ryan Smith on 8/7/2012
NVIDIA Announces Compatibility with WiFi Display Miracast Specification
Back at the end of May, the WiFi Alliance announced a new WiFi Display certification program called Miracast. Making a standardization process for WiFi Display products to guarantee interoperability...
14 by Brian Klug on 7/26/2012
Dell XPS 15 L521X: A Detailed First Look
Last week Dell’s new XPS 15 L512x landed on our doorstep, and we’ve been hammering on it ever since. Combining many of the best elements of the previous generation...
109 by Jarred Walton on 7/25/2012
Dell Announces New Precision M4700 and M6700 Mobile Workstations
Today Dell is updating their Precision Mobile Workstation lineup with two new model, the 15.6” M4700 and the 17.3” M6700. Along with Ivy Bridge processors, Dell is adding new...
27 by Jarred Walton on 7/24/2012