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Nvidia Launches High Powered Mobile Graphics Chip

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the more-reasons-not-to-pay-attention-in-class dept.

elbazo writes "Nvidia today launched their new mobile chip the GoForce 5500, which provides a massive jump in graphics technology for handheld and mobile devices. Capable of 'easily' rendering Quake 3, support for 1024x768 graphics output and real time playback of H.264, WMV9 and MPEG4 movies at high resolution the chip looks set to rock the mobile world."

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  1. Too bad I have a laptop by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All this graphics card wow factor is meaningless to me.

    Now, fix that basic problem for my AMD 2600 eMachines laptop, so I could actually upgrade my video card, and I'd be interested.

    But until then ...

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    1. Re:Too bad I have a laptop by quakeroatz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      They don't care.

      People with POS PCs like yours are not even in the fringe market for new GPUs.

  2. 1024x768 And QUAKE 3!!!! by HaMMeReD3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is amazing, this has to be the fastest card of 1999. Does this run on direct X 7 with that new fangled "texture mapping"

  3. very very cute by goarilla · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but will it run gnu/linux or *BSD??? or OpenSolaris??????

  4. Obligatory by Cytlid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I for one, welcome our Nintendo DS slaughtering overlords.

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