Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Cool Your nVIDIA 8800GTS / GTX with Thermaltake TMG ND5
Getting the clearest image on screen is to the advantage of every professional gamer. Thermaltake is one of the world leading manufacturers in cooling technology, our newest member to the high TMG series is the ND5 for nVIDIA’s 8800 GTS/GTX graphic cards. ND5 is the fusion of efficient cooling, excellent heat dissipation as well as a high quality heatsink to cool the greatest demands of the 8800 series graphic cards.
First reviews coming up of many 8600 graphic cards!!
Tons of review on other sites... Be sure to read them before buying, so you can make the best purchase for you money!
ASUS Extreme N8600GTS TOP
Chaintech GSE86GTS-A1
ECS N8600GTS-256MX
Foxconn GeForce 8600 GTS
Point of View GeForce 8600 GTS
MSI 8600GT
XFX GeForce 8600GTS XXX
ASUS Extreme N8600GTS TOP
Chaintech GSE86GTS-A1
ECS N8600GTS-256MX
Foxconn GeForce 8600 GTS
Point of View GeForce 8600 GTS
MSI 8600GT
XFX GeForce 8600GTS XXX
NVIDIA Unveils GeForce 8600 and 8500-Series
NVIDIA pulls the wraps off its new mainstream products
NVIDIA today announced its latest DirectX 10 product offerings to serve the $129-$229 price points. The new GeForce 8600 GTS, 8600 GT and 8500 GT introduces technology previously exclusive to the high-end GeForce 8800-series to more affordable levels. NVIDIA’s new mainstream product lineup features Shader Model 4.0 support, GigaThread technology and NVIDIA’s Quantum Effects physics processing technology. The addition of NVIDIA’s Lumenex engine to the mainstream sector provides value-conscious buyers with 128-bit floating point HDR rendering and anti-aliasing levels of 16x.
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Press releases from card manufacturers:
Asus
Albatron
Bfg
Club-3d
Foxconn
Gigabyte
Leadtek
Point of View
NVIDIA today announced its latest DirectX 10 product offerings to serve the $129-$229 price points. The new GeForce 8600 GTS, 8600 GT and 8500 GT introduces technology previously exclusive to the high-end GeForce 8800-series to more affordable levels. NVIDIA’s new mainstream product lineup features Shader Model 4.0 support, GigaThread technology and NVIDIA’s Quantum Effects physics processing technology. The addition of NVIDIA’s Lumenex engine to the mainstream sector provides value-conscious buyers with 128-bit floating point HDR rendering and anti-aliasing levels of 16x.
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Press releases from card manufacturers:
Asus
Albatron
Bfg
Club-3d
Foxconn
Gigabyte
Leadtek
Point of View
Microsoft includes SLI/Crossfire tests for WHQL Certification Process
Microsoft announced yesterday that they have extended the requirements for WHQL driver testing. "Linked Display Adapters" are now required to be used in the testing process, meaning that SLI and CrossFire setups (plus other multiple adapter configurations) have to be included. So what does this all mean? Probably not an awful lot actually but that's a whole stack more testing before a driver can be labelled with the WHQL tag but we might get more stable multiple adapters systems out of it. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean better multiple GPU support in games, just greater stability in general usage.
However, the most important thing is that vendors will no longer be able to ship WHQL drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista that don't correctly support dual graphics cards in that operating system - anyone trying to get SLI or CrossFire to work properly on Vista will know exactly what we're talking about here. Somewhat unusual for MS to take this kind of a stance though; perhaps it's a sign of them trying to get Vista as stable and sorted as quickly as they can, prior to them stopping sales of XP next year.
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However, the most important thing is that vendors will no longer be able to ship WHQL drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista that don't correctly support dual graphics cards in that operating system - anyone trying to get SLI or CrossFire to work properly on Vista will know exactly what we're talking about here. Somewhat unusual for MS to take this kind of a stance though; perhaps it's a sign of them trying to get Vista as stable and sorted as quickly as they can, prior to them stopping sales of XP next year.
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Tyan K8SE Motherboard
Over the years, 3dGameMan.com has only reviewed two motherboards from Tyan. First was the Tyan Tomcat K8E Socket 939 workstation motherboard and it was Kickass! Then we reviewed the Tyan Tomcat h1000S Socket AM2 workstation motherboard and it was Kickass! Today we have the chance to check out one of their server motherboards. We will see if they can continue along their winning spree, but first a bit about Tyan for those that don’t know much about them. Based on Nvidia nForce Professional 2200 chipset...
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Seasonic X900 Power Supply
This is just an announcement of one of the best power supply manufacturers in the world
The jet black colored chassis is a standard ATX form factor so as to fit into any standard ATX system housing in the market today. Our exclusive S2FC [Smart & Silent Fan Control] technology ensures that the 80mm exhaust fan keeps the noise level as low as possible and yet at the same time maintain the proper operating temperature for the power supply.
Seasonic X900 comes with four dedicated PCI-E connectors & two 6P to 8P adapters to support extreme Quad SLI™ & CrossFire™ systems and as well, conforms to the latest Intel ATX12V & EPS12V specifications. In addition, the power supply is equipped with nine standard Molex connectors and six SATA for peripheral devices. For added flexibility, one Y cable that converts one standard Molex to FDD connectors is included for added configuration flexibility.
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Pdf with detailed info and pictures
The jet black colored chassis is a standard ATX form factor so as to fit into any standard ATX system housing in the market today. Our exclusive S2FC [Smart & Silent Fan Control] technology ensures that the 80mm exhaust fan keeps the noise level as low as possible and yet at the same time maintain the proper operating temperature for the power supply.
Seasonic X900 comes with four dedicated PCI-E connectors & two 6P to 8P adapters to support extreme Quad SLI™ & CrossFire™ systems and as well, conforms to the latest Intel ATX12V & EPS12V specifications. In addition, the power supply is equipped with nine standard Molex connectors and six SATA for peripheral devices. For added flexibility, one Y cable that converts one standard Molex to FDD connectors is included for added configuration flexibility.
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Pdf with detailed info and pictures
XFX 680i LT SLI
Several months ago the first 680i SLI motherboard first appeared on the US market. On paper this board appeared to be solution that the enthusiast community had been long awaiting to take their Core 2 Duo processors to the next level of performance. After several BIOS revisions and a less than auspicious beginning what was initially seen on paper transcended by most accounts into a fully functional, kick-ass motherboard.
Let's fast-forward a couple of months which puts us about two to three weeks ago. NVIDIA® and the same group of partners brought to market the 680i LT SLI motherboard. This product contained much of the heart and all of the soul of its big brother but was aimed more at the "Extreme Gamer" and cost approximately $50 less. We'll expound in detail on the differences other than cost later in this review.
Radeon X1950Pro DUAL – a "two-headed monster" by Sapphire.... but can it outperform 8800GTS?
Just my quick comment - Well you must have think that I've gone mad.. 'cause this is after all SLI-Nvidia type of blog.
But you can clearly see how much Nvidia 8800 is great, since this dual graphic card from Sapphire had trouble to perform against single 8800GTS. As you can clearly see from benchmark of F.E.A.R below..
We are reviewing a rather unusual video card by Sapphire Technology – Radeon X1950 Pro Dual. It was first demonstrated at CES 2007 where its detailed specifications were also made public. At last, Sapphire X1950 Pro Dual arrived at our test lab. We'll be exploring its performance in benchmarking suites and games, but first let's examine the exterior and features of the video card.
Comparative tests of chipsets for Intel's CPUs
While choosing a motherboard, many of the readers proceeded from their own knowledge and experience, advice from friends, from conferences, and our comparative tests. Normally, comparative tests cover 10-15 motherboards, which is rather hard to perceive. Therefore, we made the task of choosing a motherboard easier and compiled a reference material on the chipsets. In particular, today we are reviewing chipsets for the Core architecture processors.
We have repeatedly mentioned advantages of these CPUs. So we are not dwelling at them and just briefly note their very high performance level at very low power consumption. We are not including all the known chipsets for Intel products but rather stop at those used in the manufacture of motherboards for Core 2 Duo.
It should be noted here that all the motherboard of the previous generation are incompatible to new processors (although are of LGA775 Socket). And it is neither the developers nor chipsets that are to blame for that, because the motherboards had been developed before the Core 2 Duo specifications were received. The power supply module of these motherboards does not allow using Conroe processors (a module meeting the VRM 11 specification requirements is needed). Many of the previous-generation boards built on i975X and NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition, as well as i915/925X, i945/i955X fall within this category.
For now, there exist motherboards with support for Core 2 Duo based on Intel 975X and P965 chipsets, as well as NVIDIA nForce 570/590 SLI IE and nForce 650i/680i SLI
Just my quick comment is that you can see that nForce chipset has really matured, and is able to overclock like Intel-chipset motherboards
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We have repeatedly mentioned advantages of these CPUs. So we are not dwelling at them and just briefly note their very high performance level at very low power consumption. We are not including all the known chipsets for Intel products but rather stop at those used in the manufacture of motherboards for Core 2 Duo.
It should be noted here that all the motherboard of the previous generation are incompatible to new processors (although are of LGA775 Socket). And it is neither the developers nor chipsets that are to blame for that, because the motherboards had been developed before the Core 2 Duo specifications were received. The power supply module of these motherboards does not allow using Conroe processors (a module meeting the VRM 11 specification requirements is needed). Many of the previous-generation boards built on i975X and NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition, as well as i915/925X, i945/i955X fall within this category.
For now, there exist motherboards with support for Core 2 Duo based on Intel 975X and P965 chipsets, as well as NVIDIA nForce 570/590 SLI IE and nForce 650i/680i SLI
Just my quick comment is that you can see that nForce chipset has really matured, and is able to overclock like Intel-chipset motherboards
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Well If other can.... - Alienware Aurora mALX 19" Gaming Notebook
Why can't I make some more SLI blogg news? It's not a problem :-)
And beside that, decision day is tomorrow, so here goes..
Alienware Aurora mALX 19" Gaming Notebook
The following are the options you can get on the Alienware Aurora mALX system. Unlike other Alienware systems, the Aurora mALX does not come with a choice of CPU or graphics options. The mALX only comes with a pair of GeForce Go 7900GTXs SLI enabled, Nvidia Mobile nForce 4 SLI Chipset and AMD Turion ML-44
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And beside that, decision day is tomorrow, so here goes..
Alienware Aurora mALX 19" Gaming Notebook
The following are the options you can get on the Alienware Aurora mALX system. Unlike other Alienware systems, the Aurora mALX does not come with a choice of CPU or graphics options. The mALX only comes with a pair of GeForce Go 7900GTXs SLI enabled, Nvidia Mobile nForce 4 SLI Chipset and AMD Turion ML-44
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Sunday, April 15, 2007
My last post for today....
Well people
This is my last post today for this Nvidia-SLI blogg. What can I say? One thing for start this last month has really been an adventure for me. I won't bother you with everything what's on my mind. Just a few thoughts.
Slizone has really been an one-in-all place about everything regarding SLI. This blogg has really been a small piece of information and news from other tech sites around the web. For example I covered some topics on new graphic cards, motherboards or Memory on my blogg. While Slizone has really all the components on their site with detailed specifications (PSUs, computer cases, etc..) I didn't wanted to include much articles from Slizone, I think it makes no sense to do so, since other bloggers have quoted enough articles from this place. I just thought this competition will be more interesting if I look at the articles from various tech-sites.
I must say that I'm more or less proud of my blogg! God knows that it's definitely not perfect. I could not format some elements on front of my blogg!Sometimes I've really went mad about it! I just wanted to quit since I couldn't do what I wanted. It's like I wanted format the text in wordperfect:-) I've succesfully changed the font and size of the text. When I saw the preview everything looked fine. But when I've published the article on the web,the text was 0,01 cm big! I could not believe it, so I last 30% of my time arranging the articles to look o.k.If you look at labels from the right side (where I've putted links on graphic cards and motherboards - and complete system solutions), every 4,5 entry is in different colour!!! I really don't know how did this blogg service created it in different colours. It doesn't have anywhere an optionto manage colour of the links. Well that's another bug I've found. So instead to focus on finding new articles, I've last significant amount of time on fixing paragraphs and fonts.One thing is for sure, I will NEVER use this blogg service ever again! I'll find some other. It's my first blogg web page ever, and I must say I've never created a web page. That's why my blogg doesn't look like professionally. Not to mention the labels, cause on my page I have 'SLI power supplies' 5 posts, but when you click on that Label, it will show you SLI PSU's sectionwith 7 articles on it!! This blogg must have more bugs then windows 98 :-)
The other thing that I'm proud of is the fact that half of the posted bloggs were written while I was on work (luckily we have ADSL) and was able to quickly post the news on my blogg with pictures. The sad news is that the other half of my bloggs were posted while I was at home, on my 56Kbit modem!! And it was really a pain in the neck. I've spent so much time uploading the pictures.... really was frustrated with it.But hey, I survived it so...
Two things did bother me about this blogg contests that really bothered me.
1. I noticed that some people didn't behave fair. I ALWAYS wanted to be a fair contest, and may the best man win. So when I saw some news on SLI around the web, and if I
saw other bloggers to have posted the same news, I decided not to post them! I think it makes sense, since people could make their own blogg by just copy/pasting other peoples bloggs, and win this contest. I'm just sorry that people are ready to do everything to make their blogg as informative as others. It's just sad. Example, yesterday I saw that - well I won't mention any names - lets just call him 'person from Singapore' posted an article Overclocked XFX GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS XXX from hwupgrade.com. That's the very same news I've posted a couple of days ago. Just this blogger decided to post he article under different name :-) I just hope that the crew from Slizone or Vr-zone (whoever is in charge of announcing the winner of this contest) will have this in mind. And you can clearly see who saw the news first (all bloggs have the correct date and time when the blogg was posted on the web).
2. One thing I also noticed (and have posted on the vr-forums about it, but it seems that nobody cared about it :-( is that people have start to post topics that have nothing to do with SLI! The rules of this contest were crystal clear(to start a blogg with primary focus on Nvidia SLI). There isn't much sense to post news about Ati, Amd, Intel on this blogg, right? Well atleast that's my opinion.
That's all from me for now Bye
Goran Bosic
Please stop by to this contest discussion and drop in a note on 'NVIDIA SLI Blog Contest' thread.
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=137205
This is my last post today for this Nvidia-SLI blogg. What can I say? One thing for start this last month has really been an adventure for me. I won't bother you with everything what's on my mind. Just a few thoughts.
Slizone has really been an one-in-all place about everything regarding SLI. This blogg has really been a small piece of information and news from other tech sites around the web. For example I covered some topics on new graphic cards, motherboards or Memory on my blogg. While Slizone has really all the components on their site with detailed specifications (PSUs, computer cases, etc..) I didn't wanted to include much articles from Slizone, I think it makes no sense to do so, since other bloggers have quoted enough articles from this place. I just thought this competition will be more interesting if I look at the articles from various tech-sites.
I must say that I'm more or less proud of my blogg! God knows that it's definitely not perfect. I could not format some elements on front of my blogg!Sometimes I've really went mad about it! I just wanted to quit since I couldn't do what I wanted. It's like I wanted format the text in wordperfect:-) I've succesfully changed the font and size of the text. When I saw the preview everything looked fine. But when I've published the article on the web,the text was 0,01 cm big! I could not believe it, so I last 30% of my time arranging the articles to look o.k.If you look at labels from the right side (where I've putted links on graphic cards and motherboards - and complete system solutions), every 4,5 entry is in different colour!!! I really don't know how did this blogg service created it in different colours. It doesn't have anywhere an optionto manage colour of the links. Well that's another bug I've found. So instead to focus on finding new articles, I've last significant amount of time on fixing paragraphs and fonts.One thing is for sure, I will NEVER use this blogg service ever again! I'll find some other. It's my first blogg web page ever, and I must say I've never created a web page. That's why my blogg doesn't look like professionally. Not to mention the labels, cause on my page I have 'SLI power supplies' 5 posts, but when you click on that Label, it will show you SLI PSU's sectionwith 7 articles on it!! This blogg must have more bugs then windows 98 :-)
The other thing that I'm proud of is the fact that half of the posted bloggs were written while I was on work (luckily we have ADSL) and was able to quickly post the news on my blogg with pictures. The sad news is that the other half of my bloggs were posted while I was at home, on my 56Kbit modem!! And it was really a pain in the neck. I've spent so much time uploading the pictures.... really was frustrated with it.But hey, I survived it so...
Two things did bother me about this blogg contests that really bothered me.
1. I noticed that some people didn't behave fair. I ALWAYS wanted to be a fair contest, and may the best man win. So when I saw some news on SLI around the web, and if I
saw other bloggers to have posted the same news, I decided not to post them! I think it makes sense, since people could make their own blogg by just copy/pasting other peoples bloggs, and win this contest. I'm just sorry that people are ready to do everything to make their blogg as informative as others. It's just sad. Example, yesterday I saw that - well I won't mention any names - lets just call him 'person from Singapore' posted an article Overclocked XFX GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS XXX from hwupgrade.com. That's the very same news I've posted a couple of days ago. Just this blogger decided to post he article under different name :-) I just hope that the crew from Slizone or Vr-zone (whoever is in charge of announcing the winner of this contest) will have this in mind. And you can clearly see who saw the news first (all bloggs have the correct date and time when the blogg was posted on the web).
2. One thing I also noticed (and have posted on the vr-forums about it, but it seems that nobody cared about it :-( is that people have start to post topics that have nothing to do with SLI! The rules of this contest were crystal clear(to start a blogg with primary focus on Nvidia SLI). There isn't much sense to post news about Ati, Amd, Intel on this blogg, right? Well atleast that's my opinion.
That's all from me for now Bye
Goran Bosic
Please stop by to this contest discussion and drop in a note on 'NVIDIA SLI Blog Contest' thread.
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=137205
VGA Charts - from TomsHardware
Well people this is (almost) my one last post for ending this competition. In my next post I'm going to write what do I think of this whole contest..
I just wanted to share one last thing, THG has really collected great information on single/multi graphic cards, and how much do you gain or lose performance in different games (Half Life 2: Episode One, Hard Truck Apocalypse, Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls 4, Prey, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, Titan Quest and 3DMark06) in different resolutions.
So be sure to check it out before you buy any of your future graphic cards, so you could know in advance how much performance will it give to you.
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I just wanted to share one last thing, THG has really collected great information on single/multi graphic cards, and how much do you gain or lose performance in different games (Half Life 2: Episode One, Hard Truck Apocalypse, Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls 4, Prey, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, Titan Quest and 3DMark06) in different resolutions.
So be sure to check it out before you buy any of your future graphic cards, so you could know in advance how much performance will it give to you.
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Multi GPU Roundup: Quad SLI, SLI and Crossfire - from 24.09.2006
Little more than two years have passed since NVDIA first introduced their SLI technology. Short for Scalable Link Interface, SLI is the first solution to be able to connect two PCI-Express video cards based on the same GPU in a way that they will operate parallel to each other. This type of approach allows, at least on paper, to have an increase in performance of up to double what you would normally have with a single video card. In the first months of SLI’s release, it potential was limited by driver problems and other software errors.
However, forwarding two years into the future and with the release of several new driver versions from NVIDIA, SLI technology has really matured as a whole. Stability has been greatly improved and support has been added to an increasing list of games. SLI support has also been made more accessible to the general public with the release of average and entry level video cards that support the technology. Currently, SLI will even be made available on NVIDIA’s most budget level class of GeForce 7 video cards, the 7100 GS, thus making it a solution that is affordable and available to a vast amount of computer users.
At this moment, SLI and Crossfire technologies can be considered the first full phase of maturity for a broader category: multiple GPUs. The next phase is for more than two video cards being linked up to each other in an effort to, yet again, increase performance. As NVIDIA was first to reach the market with a dual video card solution, they have yet again been able to beat ATI in announcing a solution that utilizes more than two GPUs. The technology is, none other than, Quad SLI (the name isn’t very original). Quad SLI has four GPUs operating parallel to each other, theoretically doubling the performance in respect to an SLI setup.
However, forwarding two years into the future and with the release of several new driver versions from NVIDIA, SLI technology has really matured as a whole. Stability has been greatly improved and support has been added to an increasing list of games. SLI support has also been made more accessible to the general public with the release of average and entry level video cards that support the technology. Currently, SLI will even be made available on NVIDIA’s most budget level class of GeForce 7 video cards, the 7100 GS, thus making it a solution that is affordable and available to a vast amount of computer users.
At this moment, SLI and Crossfire technologies can be considered the first full phase of maturity for a broader category: multiple GPUs. The next phase is for more than two video cards being linked up to each other in an effort to, yet again, increase performance. As NVIDIA was first to reach the market with a dual video card solution, they have yet again been able to beat ATI in announcing a solution that utilizes more than two GPUs. The technology is, none other than, Quad SLI (the name isn’t very original). Quad SLI has four GPUs operating parallel to each other, theoretically doubling the performance in respect to an SLI setup.
This here is a great link to view how much performance can you gain by building a SLI rig. Great link so you must check it out.
XFX GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty 650MHz in SLI mode
As we draw close to the launch of the new GeForce 8600 and 8500 series from nVidia next week, we will likely see users getting rid of their current mid-range graphics cards and upgrading. When you got your 7600GT, you said to yourself, “I will get a second one eventually for SLI, when I can afford it”. Well, this might be the perfect time to pick up some very capable DX9 graphics cards with a reduced price tag to make way for the new upcoming models.
We have with us today the GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty from XFX (the version clocked at 650MHz core as opposed to the cheaper 560MHz) which is a bit fancier when compared to our standard run of the mill 7600GT. We’re going to have a look at exactly what the cards are capable of when running in SLI but also by itself.
We have with us today the GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty from XFX (the version clocked at 650MHz core as opposed to the cheaper 560MHz) which is a bit fancier when compared to our standard run of the mill 7600GT. We’re going to have a look at exactly what the cards are capable of when running in SLI but also by itself.
ASUS EN8600 GTS Comes Bundled with S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadows of Chernobyl
The new ASUS EN8600GTS/HTDP/256M is a high-end graphics card that will be released and bundled with the much anticipated first person shooter game S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadows of Chernobyl. Equipped with 256MB of DDR3 memory and able to support NVIDIA´s SLI™ technology, the EN8600GTS is designed with the gamer´s graphics expectations in mind. With such high-end specifications, this graphics card has earned the accolade of being the official global bundle partner of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. In line with this, ASUS´s G1 gaming series notebook – testament to its gaming-oriented design, also features in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R game itself.
The ASUS EN8600GTS utilizes NVIDIA´s unified architecture with GigaThread™ technology to deliver the finest graphics and visual special effects. With full support for NVIDIA SLI™ technology and Microsoft DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, this graphics card will make use of the graphical enhancements from Microsoft® Windows Vista™ to enable stunning and complex special effects.
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The ASUS EN8600GTS utilizes NVIDIA´s unified architecture with GigaThread™ technology to deliver the finest graphics and visual special effects. With full support for NVIDIA SLI™ technology and Microsoft DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, this graphics card will make use of the graphical enhancements from Microsoft® Windows Vista™ to enable stunning and complex special effects.
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