Press Release

4 Dec. 2007

SPARKLE Announced GeForce 8800GT 256MB Graphic Cards With Record-Breaking Performance and Consumer-Friendly Price

  Taipei, Taiwan – December  4, 2007 - SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, today announced  the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT 256MB Graphics Card and SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT 256MB Passive Graphic Card, the latest in SPARKLE GeForce 8 series products line. These two graphic cards are specifically developed to meet mainstream gamers' demand for high-performing graphic cards with lower prices. The SPARKLE GeForce 8800GT 256MB passive graphics card can also brings totally wholehearted gaming experience to users who seek 0dB working noise DirectX 10 graphic cards.

With most advanced 65nm manufacture techniques and unified architecture, the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT 256MB graphic card and SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT 256MB passive graphics card embrace 112 stream processors, a fast 256-bit memory interface with 600MHz  core speed and 1400MHz 256MB GDDR3 fast memory, offering a hyper-reactive, intensely robust gaming experience for the latest next-generation DirectX 10 games, such as Crysis, Hellgate: London, and Gears of War, as well as full support for current DirectX 9 games.

With NVIDIA second-generation PureVideo HD technology inside, the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT 256MB graphic card and SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT 256MB passive graphics card bring incredible HD video experience to users. Their PureVideo™ HD VP2 technology 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.

 Further more, SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT passive graphics card is is equipped with heat-pipe-based passive cooling system using high technology. Compared with conventional HSF, this noiseless passive cooling solution features higher throughput thanks to high efficiency heat-pipe optimized for mass heat volatilization.  It has high performance thermal compound ensures optimal thermal dissipation even after years of use.

“Compared with ordinary GeForce 8800 GT 512MB products on market, the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT 256MB graphic card and SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT 256MB passive graphics card maintain almost same performance with less video memory capacity, so we can give our mainstream customers an incredible value position." Said Connie Chen, sales director of SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd. "At this price point, gamers are getting more performance and features than ever before. These two graphic cards also marry the best-in-gaming with the best-in-HD. They leverage NVIDIA’s revolutionary second-generation video processing engine to deliver high-quality playback of HD DVD and Blu-ray movies on mainstream everyday PCs. Besides, our customers who want silent working environment can also get undisturbed experience with SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT 256MB passive graphics card. ”
 

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