Press Release

29 Oct 2007

SPARKLE Unleashes Highest Performance Graphic Card for High-end DirectX 10 Gaming Market

  Taipei, Taiwan – October 29, 2007 - SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, today announced  the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Card, a highest performance high-end product for the most demanding DirectX 10 gamers.

Based on NVIDIA’s next generation G92 architecture, the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card adopts innovative unified architecture, dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to times the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs. Built upon technologies such as NVIDIA Lumenex Engine, providing support for DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0, NVIDIA Quantum Effects technology for physics computation and GigaThread Technology for extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs.

The SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card extends the award-winning SPARKLE GeForce 8 Series product line with most advanced 65nm chip manufacture technology, continuing performance leadership in DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 games on high-end market. Helped with this incredible  65nm process, the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card runs at an untouchable 600 MHz core speed, and 1800 MHz memory clock with 256-bit 512MB  extreme fast GDDR3 memory.  65nm process also lets SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card to bring less heat volatilization than 90nm and 80nm products on market, its cooling fan only occupies one slot space on main board. Embracing all-new Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 engine, SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card features 112 stream processors with incredible 1500 MHz shader clock to provides film-quality visual effects, such as high dynamic range (HDR) lighting, at real-time frame rates. Ahead for next generation data transportation standard, the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT is the world's first PCI Express 2.0 graphic card which supports for the next generation PC platform. The SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card can maximize the usage of 80GB/s bandwidth ( doubled than 40GB/s PCI Express 1.1 can provide) provided by PCI Express 2.0, to be full ready for future games and applications which have strict requirements on bandwidth. At the same time, the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card  is also compatible with with present PCI Express 1.1 motherboards with widest scope of support.

The SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card is a long-awaited cost-effective product for high-end PC gamers. Its  unified architecture provides strong shader, texture and geometry processing capability, delivering perfect gaming  quality and effects. The SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card  is specially optimized for some most-anticipated games released this year, such as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Crysis, Gears of War, Hellgate: London, Huxley, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and World In Conflict. The SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card supports NVIDIA SLI, 16x full screen  HDR + AA, volumetric smoke, depth of field, motion blur, stream out, skinned Instancing, soft particles and real time geometric deformation technologies, to deliver ultra-realistic combat explosions, smoke effects and true 3D dust effects in these most-anticipated games.

The SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card features the newest PureVideo™ HD VP2 technology which leverages the revolutionary second generation video-processing engine in GeForce 8880 GT graphic chip to deliver the highest-quality playback of HD DVD and Blu-ray movies on mainstream PCs. The new programmable video processing engine takes on all of the high definition H.264 HD video decoding, freeing the CPU to perform other tasks and significantly reducing power consumption, heat, and noise.

“The SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card launch marks another milestone on high-end gaming market. This 65nm product highlights SPARKLE's commitment to constantly bring new weapons that exert higher  3D performance in newest Direct X 10 games," Said Allen Wu, sales manager of SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd. " The SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT graphics card supports PCI Express 2.0 specification, which means it can bring incredible bandwidth for most demanding PC games. Also helped with most advanced video-processing engine, this new state-of-the-art graphic card will enable consumers to enjoy HD DVD and Blu-ray movies on high-end PCs."

GeForce 8800 GT Features and Benefits :

• NVIDIA® unified architecture
  Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs
• Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 support
  DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects
• NVIDIA® SLI™ technology
  Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleled gaming experiences by allowing two graphics cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express® graphics, SLI technology dramatically scales performance on today’s hottest games.
• PCI Express 2.0 support
  Designed to run perfectly with the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow’s most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the 5 GT/s PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth (twice that of first generation PCI Express).PCI Express 2.0 products are fully backwards compatible with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.
• GigaThread™ Technology
  Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs  
• NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine
  Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates:
  16x Anti-aliasing:
  Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x sample rates obliterates jagged edges
  128-bit floating point High Dynamic-Range(HDR):
  Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects-now with support for anti-aliasing  
• NVIDIA® Quantum Effects™ Technology
  Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation enable a new level of physics to be simulated and rendered on the GPU –all white freeing the CPU to run game engine and AI
• NVIDIA® ForceWare® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
  Delivers a proven record of compatibility reliability and stability with the widest range of games and application
  ForceWare provides the best out-of-box experience and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of NVIDIA GeForce® GPUs
• OpenGL® 2.0 optimizations and support
  Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications
• Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
  Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displays with ultra-high, ergonomic refresh rates –up to 2048x1536@85Hz.
• Dual Dual-Link DVI Support
  Able to drive industry’s largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600 and with support for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection(HDCP).
• NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology
  The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
• Discrete, Programmable Video Processor
  NVIDIA PureVideo is a discrete programmable processing core in NVIDIA GPUs that provides superb picture quality and ultra-smooth movies with 100% offload of H.264 video decoding from the CPU and significantly reduced power consumption.
• Hardware Decode Acceleration
  Provides ultra-smooth playback of H.264, VC-1, WMV and PEG-2 HD and SD movies.
• HDCP Capable
  Designed to meet the output protection management (HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats,  allowing the playback of encrypted movie content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant displays.
• Advanced Spatial-Temporal De-Interlacing
  Sharpens HD and standard definition interlaced content on progressive displays, delivering a crisp, clear picture that rivals high-end home-theater systems.
• High-Quality Scaling
  Enlarges lower resolution movies and videos to HDTV resolutions, up to 1080i, while maintaining a clear, clean image. Also provides downscaling of videos, including high-definition, while preserving image detail.
• Inverse Telecine (3:2 & 2:2 Pulldown Correction)
  Recovers original film images from films-converted-to-video (DVDs, 1080i HD content), providing more accurate movie playback and superior picture quality.
• Bad Edit Correction
  When videos are edited after they have been converted from 24 to 25 or 30 frames, the edits can disrupt the normal 3:2 or 2:2 pulldown cadence. PureVideo uses advanced processing techniques to detect poor edits, recover the original content, and display perfect picture detail frame after frame for smooth, natural looking video.
• Noise Reduction
  Improves movie image quality by removing unwanted artifacts.
• Edge Enhancement
  Sharpens movie images by providing higher contrast around lines and object
• Integrated SD and HD TV Output
  Provides world-class TV-out functionality via Composite, S-Video, Component, DVI, or HDMI connections. Supports resolutions up to 1080p depending on connection type and TV capability.

About SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd.
SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd, established in 1982, is a high-end VGA card manufacturer and supplier to mainly provide NVIDIA series VGA card. With its strong R&D ability and investment in both hardware and software, Sparkle aims to provide the most price-competitive products while with best-in-class quality and service. Not only launch partner, Sparkle is also one of the certificated vendors of NVIDIA. Currently, SPARKLE products sell in more than 80 countries and on the web at www.sparkle.com.tw