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Apple dropping NVIDIA in future iMacs and laptops?

It has been speculated that Apple are planning to end their partnership with graphics company Nvidia in future versions of the iMac and laptop ranges in the next few years to come.

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SuperStrokey11235831d ago

Does apple also use nvidia in their cell phones? If so then they would need to make several changes and i just dont see that happening.

STK0265831d ago

I don't think they do. Nvidia's Tegra platform is ready and will be powering the iTouch'S rival, the ZuneHD. I believe if nvidia were involved with the iPhone/iTouch, they would have put the tegra platform in it aswell.

Information Minister5831d ago

The iPhone uses a Samsung CPU and a PowerVR GPU (yes, the same powerVR architecture used in the Dreamcast). There are no Nvidia components in any version of the iPhone.

DJ5831d ago

nVidia's been a great addition to the Mac hardware.

STK0265831d ago

maybe they remember the problems with the 8600M GT, I had one, so I remember.

kwyjibo5831d ago

Yeah, I don't know if it affected the Mac versions, but the Geforce 8 Mobile series was dreadful - laptop manufacturers had to issue BIOS updates which just span the fan 100% because nVidia got the solder wrong.

DailyAddict5831d ago

Very unlikely this will happen, especially since ATI doesn't have any good 'low end' cards that most of the Macbook's are using. Not to mention the hybrid graphics chip that's highly responsible for the Macbook's better battery life and ATI has nothing like that. This is more speculative conjecture than anything else because of a few defects (probably written by an angry Apple fan). I'd say the chance of this happening though are: zero, especially since nVidia and Apple also just launched the higher end Nvidia GTX 285. Their relationship is fine.

Jdoki5831d ago

It wouldn't surprise me. Nvidia's problems with the 8series GPU's and arrogance in admitting the issue has finally come back to bite them.

I heard a rumor Dell are doing the same thing.

Bonsai12145831d ago

well, Nvidia has moved on to the 9xxx series for all of apple's stuff, and i've heard only glowing reviews of those. if they do cut out nvidia (which i don't see them doing) i don't see ATI as a viable alternative.

darthv725831d ago

Apple has been making intel based machines for a little while now so maybe it will pan out for them to use the full integrated intel chipset. Maybe not for gaming (i have not been keeping up on intel gpu for gaming info) but for productivity and video processing programs (photoshop, video editing, etc).

Oh well...nvidia still has sony to buy their product.

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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 Demo Is a Nostalgic Knockout

COGconnected got our hands on the demo for Tony hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, and want to give you our impressions.

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Father__Merrin58m ago

What I liked about these games they didn't have the 3 min limit

Miraak82 31m ago

I might get it for nostalgia purposes , 4 was my first foray into online gaming when I bought the network adapter for ps2 . I can't wait for the Underground games if they get remade

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How to unlock free Blitz skin in Fortnite

Fortnite just added Blitz Royale, a new game mode, and a free skin to celebrate its release. Here's how you can unlock it.

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Splitgate 2 Review - IGN

A decent successor that expands on the original, but never really surpasses it.