Nvidia's latest offers low-cost, high-power boost to virtual reality

In the age of mobile everything, a sexy, new PC graphics card struggles to find the proper acknowledgement from mainstream users. But even if you haven't installed a graphics card in years (or ever), Nvidia's latest, the GeForce GTX 1080, is worth paying attention to

Why? Because it promises to deliver a huge performance boost to one of the hottest new areas of computing: virtual reality

"Our first Pascal gaming GPU, the GeForce GTX 1080, enables incredible realism in gaming and deeply immersive VR experiences, with dramatically improved performance and efficiency," Jeff Fisher, senior vice president of Nvidia's PC business, said in a statement released on the company's website on Friday. "It's the most powerful gaming GPU ever built, and some of our finest work." Read more...