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Information Technology News Nvidia: new graphics processor fastest gaming platform
Information Technology News Nvidia: new graphics processor fastest gaming platform | Nvidia: new graphics processor fastest gaming platform |
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| Written by Stan Beer | |
| Thursday, 03 May 2007 | |
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For your extra money you get a GPU with extra speed achieved by cranking up the clock speeds by around 10 to 15%. GeForce 8 Series GPUs are the first shipping DirectX 10 GPUs and are the reference GPUs for Microsoft DirectX 10 API development. "The definitive gaming platform is built around the fastest components available and today there is no disputing those components include the GeForce 8800 Ultra GPU and an NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI-ready motherboard," said Ujesh Desai, general manager of desktop GPUs at NVIDIA. "The graphics industry evolves extremely quickly and it is quite an achievement when you can leapfrog your own performance milestones in succession like we have done with these GeForce 8 Series GPUs." Reaction to the Nvidia announcement in the blogosphere was mixed, with some posters commenting that the new GPU is too expensive, while others care little about the high price tag, describing the new performance specs of the GeForce 8800 Ultra as awesome.{moscomment}
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