rajncajn Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 NVIDIA announces their next generation GPU's SANTA CLARA, CA—JUNE 16, 2008—Imagine instead of taking over five hours to convert a video for your iPod, it only takes 35 minutesi. Imagine using your PC to simulate protein folding to help find a cure for debilitating diseases. Imagine that your PC can dramatically accelerate everyday tasks, and deliver an exciting visual experience in the process. Today that imagination becomes a reality now that the leader in visual computing technologies, NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA), has introduced its new family of GeForce® GTX 200 graphics processors (GPUs)—which includes the GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs—taking graphics beyond gaming and gaming beyond anything that’s ever been possible before on a consumer computing platform. “The advances NVIDIA continues to make in visual computing are simply incredible, and we are excited to be one of the first companies in the world to offer the technology in the new Exhilaration Edition of the award-winning HP Blackbird 002,” said Rahul Sood, chief technology officer, HP Voodoo Business Unit. “Exceptional graphics quality and performance is important to our customers, and now the GeForce GTX 200 GPUs are bringing something else into the mix. By using the GPU to enhance everyday applications such as video encoding and manipulating photos, HP Blackbird 002 is one of the most cutting-edge PC platforms ever designed.” Additional features of the GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 GPUs include: * 2nd Generation NVIDIA Unified Architecture: Delivers 50% more gaming performance over the Company’s previous NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra GPU through 240 enhanced processor cores that provide incredible shading horsepower at resolutions as high as 2560 x 1600.ii * 3-way NVIDIA SLI® Technologyiii: Industry leading 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing 3-way alternate frame rendering (AFR) for the world’s fastest gaming solution under Windows Vista. * NVIDIA PureVideo® HD Technologyiv: The combination of HD video decode acceleration and post-processing delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video. * NVIDIA CUDA Technology: With the power of NVIDIA CUDA™ technology and the new CUDA runtime for Windows Vista, programmers can now offload the most intensive processing tasks from the CPU to the NVIDIA GPUs, putting the power of up to 240 multi-threaded processor cores to work.v So which of you uber 's will ber first in line for these puppies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I have had two for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted June 17, 2008 Author Share Posted June 17, 2008 I have had two for a long time. Two of the GTX 280's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) Two of the GTX 280's? Two:(or more) 1. laptops 2. digital cameras Edited June 17, 2008 by Chief Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Two of the GTX 280's? Just funnin' wit ya..... I have a 8800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Two:(or more) 1. laptops 2. digital cameras I am down to one of everything now. Well.... except for the 2nd watch and some extra keyboards. But everything else has gone to a new home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 Just funnin' wit ya..... I have a 8800. Still better than the one I've got, but I was hoping you'd be able to give a review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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