GeForce 8800 Ultra

Som du sikkert ved og smerteligt har erfaret, så koster det mange penge hvis man skal holde trit med udviklingen af PC-utstyr.

I dag har vi modtaget en pressemeddelelse som fortæller at GeForce 8800 Ultra kortene nu er parate til at blive solgt i butikkerne, og at de yder 10-15% mere end de allerede eksisterende 8800 GTX-kort, som blev lancert i vinter.

De som køber de nye grafikkort vil kunne opleve en meget høj opløsning, og de kommer til at understøtte både Blu-ray og HD DVD. Ligeledes understøtter kortene selvsagt den nye Vista-funktionen - Direct X10.

NVIDIA oplyser at kortene har vejledende udsalgspris i Europa på ca. 5.700 kroner.

Her er nogle flere fakta om kortene:
• Graphics cards equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra GPU and 768MB of video memory will be available at e-tailers and retailers worldwide by May 15th. NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics card launch partners include Asus, BFG, EVGA, Gainward, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Innovision, Leadtek, MSI, PNY, Point of View, Sparkle and XFX.

• Prices around €699 inc. tax

• GeForce 8 Series GPUs are the first shipping DirectX 10 GPUs and are the reference GPUs for Microsoft DirectX 10 API development.

• GeForce 8800 GPUs are the developer's platform of choice for this year's top DirectX 10 titles, including Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, Crysis, Age of Conan, Hellgate: London, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, World in Conflict, BioShock, PT Boats, and Cryostasis.

• Developers creating next-generation OpenGL titles, such as Enemy Territory: Quake Wars are also using GeForce 8 Series as their development platform of choice.

• GeForce 8 Series GPUs include all required hardware functionality defined in the Microsoft Direct3D® 10 specification, with full support for the DirectX 10 unified shader instruction set and Shader Model 4 capabilities.

• DirectX 10 is included with Microsoft Windows Vista and delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects for games, all rendered in real-time on a GeForce 8 Series DirectX 10-capable GPU.