NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 Professional Graphics Card

NVIDA’s latest Quadro graphics card, the Quadro FX 5800, is designed for use by professional designers utilizing such tools as Photoshop, CAD software, or 3D modeling applications. It is also used for medical imaging and gas/oil exploration operations. The card is the first in the industry to feature 4GB of graphics memory, surpassing even NVIDIA’s top of the line enthusiast exclusive video cards like the 9800 GX2 (2GB).

Of course, the FX 5800 supports both DirectX 10 and OpenGL. It also features multi-device and multi-system virtualization as well as Quadro G-Sync 2. The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 is priced around $3500.

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PSP: Sony's Candy Colored Consoles

These new "carnival colored" PSPs from Sony should come in a selection box -- they look good enough to eat. The rainbow-hued consoles will go on sale in Japan on March 19th for ¥19,800 ($223). Also available will be a kit, featuring a 4GB MemoryStick, a "private porch" (pouch) and a handosutorappu, which we believe to be a hand strap. The kit will go for ¥24,800 ($279).

To celebrate this Japan-only release, let's have some further fun with Google Translate. The PSP-3000 is, apparently, designed "To further reduce image quality". Other essentials include " the guns and diamonds (tentative)" and "the distance investigation - to the truth 23 days". We know that that laughing at machine translations is a low form of humor, but these are great. In fact, we're happy to help "spread more and more the world of entertainment".

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Nvidia Launches 3D Kit For Gaming

LAS VEGAS -- 3D technology is coming to the video gaming industry for real with Nvidia's launch of a new accessory kit that will automatically transform more than 300 existing games into 3D experiences for users with PCs that have the company's graphic cards.

Nvidia's kit includes a pair of black 3D glasses, an infra-red emitter cables that will retail together for $200.

The kit doesn't work with all HDTVs. It is compatible currently with the new Samsung and ViewSonic 120 Hz LCD monitors, Mitsubishi DLP HDTVs and DepthQ HD 3D projector by Lightspeed.

Nvidia's 3D glasses still have the dorky feel to them though the company says they are modeled after modern sunglasses. The glasses are not tethered and offer up to 20 feet of wireless video viewing.

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Video-on-Demand Coming to Wii in 2009

In a move widely anticipated ever since the XBox expanded its service with Netflix, Nintendo announced over the Christmas holiday that it is adding a video-on-demand option to its popular Wii console.

Video-on-demand is one of the most competitive areas in consumer electronics with more and more companies showing a willingness to infuse their main course offering (be it a Blu-ray player or a gaming system) with a bit of saucy video content.

Currently, there are plenty of options for the person who wants video quick and easy. There are specialized set-top boxes for internet services (like Roku's Netflix Box), improved offerings from satellite providers, all-in-one video services (like the Vudu, or even Apple TV), and the strong pull of internet video like YouTube and Hulu.

Mix them all up and you have a huge royal rumble showdown that is either destined to get ugly, or might get big enough to accommodate everyone. With the appetite shown by consumers in the last year for all these services, we're betting on the latter for now.

Over the last year, several rumors placed Nintendo near a VOD announcement. If you've followed Chris Kohler's coverage on Game|Life, you know that Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aimes had previously knocked off related rumors surrounding HD content on the Wii, but video was never completely dismissed.

It seems like Nintendo finally felt it was the right time to use their huge reach in the living room to make their mark in this space.

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CyberPower Gamer Dragon 9000 Desktop PC

CyberPower Gamer Dragon 9000 is CyberPower’s mid-range system and includes AMD Phenom™II X4 920 Quad-Core CPU, Asetek Liquid Cooling System, 4GB PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory a 1 terabyte SATA II hard drive, Radeon’s HD 4870 512MB video card, Blu-Ray player, 20x DVD rewriteable drive, HD 7.1 onboard sound, Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit Edition, and Cooler Master’s new Storm Sniper full tower case. Price of this configuration is $1,139.

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