1. But now, thanks to a new graphics chip by nVidia, a video graphics-board maker, gamers can experience desktop PC gaming performance on the road. 2. But the Compaq machine offers less video memory, a slower graphics chip, and no support for FireWire. 3. Graphics chips can get hot, and making them run faster makes them hotter. 4. He is negotiating with a third-party hardware manufacturer that will build a new desktop computer by using readily available graphics chips, network cards and other components. 5. Intel said it will create a new division called Graphics Components to head up development of Auburn and the notebook graphics chips. 6. It also is working with Intel Corp. to produce graphics chips for personal computers. 7. Its proposed acquisition of a maker of graphics chips, Chips and Technologies Inc., has already been delayed by a separate FTC review. 8. Its specialized brain and high-powered graphics chips allow it to run games at four times the rate of a Pentium II computer. 9. Kidding aside, a laptop PC will perform just as well as a desktop, providing it has a comparable graphics chip. 10. The colorful post-modern machine ran a video conferencing demonstration using a graphics chip, code-named Katmai, that Intel plans to release next year. |