Press Release
6 September 2006
 

SPARKLE Delivers GeForce 7900 GS GDDR3
to high-end Gaming Market


    Taipei, Taiwan -September 06, 2006- SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., a professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, continues to delivers high performance graphic card for gaming users with the introduction today of the new SPARKLE GeForce 7900 GS GDDR3, a high-performance gaming solution for the latest and upcoming pc games. Besides 256MB GDDR3 version, SPARKLE also provides consumers with 512MB GDDR3 version to achieve ultimate performance.

   Based on NVIDIA's award-winning GeForce 7 GPU architecture, The new NVIDIA® SLI® -Ready SPARKLE GeForce 7900 GS GDDR3 graphic card is designed for extreme HD gaming and deliver ultra-realistic gaming experiences and unparalleled image quality at resolutions of up to 2560x1600. Helped with 20 Pixels rendering pipelines, 450MHz core speed and 1320MHz onboard high speed 256MB/512MB GDDR3 video memory, SPARKLE GeForce 7900 GS GDDR3 graphic card can meet the most demanding desire from game enthusiasts.

   "With SPARKLE GeForce 7900 GS GDDR3 graphic card, we can promise high-end gamers not only the astonishing performance, but also a good product with the optimum price/performance ratio." said Kevin Wang, sales director of SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd. "Helped with strong R&D capability, SPARKLE is the first graphic card maker that can quickly deliver GeForce 7900 GS 512MB GDDR3 version to consumers pursuing 512MB video memory in latest DirectX 9.0 games."

   SPARKLE GeForce 7900 GS GDDR3 graphic card fully supports Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 without any compromise, it can bring true high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting with high frame rates in the latest DirectX 9.0 games such as Tomb Raider: Legend and so on. Using NVIDIA PureVideo technology, SPARKLE GeForce 7900 GS GDDR3 graphic card also provides users with unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image for high quality HD video playback.

 

 
SP-PX79SDH
Graphics Processing Unit NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Core Clock 450 MHz
Memory Clock 1320 MHz
Memory Type 256 / 512 MB GDDR3
Memory Interface 256-bit
Pixels Per Clock 20
Bus Type PCI Express X16
RAMDAC 400 MHz
VGA Output DVI-I-DL + DVI-I-DL+ HDTV out
HDTV Resolution up to 1920 X 1080i

 

GeForce 7900 GS GDDR3 Features and Benefits :
  • Next-Generation Superscalar GPU Architecture
    Delivers over 2x the shading power of previous generation products taking gaming performance to extreme levels. 

  • Full Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 support
    The standard for today's PCs and next-generation consoles enables stunning and complex effects for cinematic realism.  NVIDIA GPUs offer the most complete implementation of the Shader Model 3.0 feature set¡Xincluding vertex texture fetch (VTF)--to ensure top-notch compatibility and performance for all DirectX 9 applications.

  • NVIDIA® CineFX™ 4.0 engine
    Delivers advanced visual effects at unimaginable speeds. Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 enables stunning and complex special effects. Next-generation shader architecture with new texture unit design streamlines texture processing for faster and smoother game play.

  • NVIDIA® SLI™ technology
    NVIDIA SLI technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows users to intelligently scale graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in a single system with an NVIDIA nForce SLI MCP.  The must-have feature for performance PCI Express® graphics, SLI dramatically scales performance on today¡¦s hottest games. Requires NVIDIA ForceWare Release 91.47 drivers or later and 128MB of on-board memory.

  • True High Dynamic-Range (HDR) Rendering Supporty
    The ultimate lighting effects bring environments to life for a truly immersive, ultra-realistic experience. Based on the OpenEXR technology from Industrial Light & Magic (http://www.openexr.com/), NVIDIA's 64-bit texture implementation delivers state-of-the-art high dynamic-range (HDR) visual effects through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. .

  • NVIDIA® Intellisample™ 4.0 technology
    The industry¡¦s fastest antialiasing delivers ultra-realistic visuals, with no jagged edges, at lightning-fast speeds.  Visual quality is taken to new heights through a new rotated grid sampling pattern, advanced 128 tap sample coverage, 16x anisotropic filtering, and support for transparent supersampling and multisampling.supersampling and multisampling.

  • NVIDIA® PureVideo™ technolog
    The combination of high-definition video processors and decoder software delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for all video content to turn your PC into a high-end home theater.

  • NVIDIA® ForceWare™ Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
    Delivers a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and stability with the widest range of games and applications. ForceWare ensures the best out-of-box experience for every user and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of NVIDIA GeForce GPUs.

  • High-Definition H.264, MPEG-2 and WMV Hardware Acceleration)
    Smoothly playback H.264, MPEG-2, and WMV video-including WMV HD-with minimal CPU usage so the PC is free to do other work.

  • OpenGL 2.0 optimizations and support
    Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all OpenGL applications.

  • Adaptable programmable video processor
    PureVideo's programmable technology adapts to new video encoding formats as they are developed to provide a future-proof video solution.

  • Advanced Spatial Temporal De-Interlacing
    Smoothes video and DVD playback on progressive displays to deliver a crisp, clear picture that rivals high-end home theater systems.

  • High-Quality Scaling
    High-quality scaling technology delivers a clear, clean image at any window size, including full-screen HDTV resolutions up to 1080p.


  • NVIDIA® nView® Multi-Display Technology
    Advanced technology provides the ultimate in viewing flexibility and control for multiple monitors.

  • NVIDIA® Digital Vibrance Control® 3.0 Technology
    Allows the user to adjust color controls digitally to compensate for the lighting conditions of their workspace, in order to achieve accurate, bright colors in all conditions.

  • PCI Express x16
    Designed to run perfectly with the PCI Express x16 bus architecture.

  • Dual Dual-Link DVI Support
    Able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to and including 1900x1200.

  • Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
    Able to drive industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600.

  • High-Speed GDDR3 Memory Interface
    Support for fast GDDR3 memory delivers fluid frame rates for even the most advanced games and applications.

  • Video color correction
    Corrects differences in color characteristics of RGB monitors and TV monitors through NVIDIA PureVideo's ProcAmp Color Controls setting, such as brightness and contrast. Display gamma correction ensures videos are not too dark, overly bright, or washed out regardless of the video format or display.

  • Integrated HDTV encoder
    Provides analog TV-output (Component/Composite/S-Video) up to 1080i resolution.

  • 256-bit memory interface
    Delivers more memory bandwidth and efficiency to power the latest games and applications at blazing speeds.

  • NVIDIA® UltraShadow® II technology
    Enhances the performance of bleeding-edge games, like id Software's DOOM 3, that feature complex scenes with multiple light sources and objects.

  • 128-Bit Studio-Precision Computation
    " 128-bit studio-precision computation through the entire pipeline prevents image defects due to low precision and ensures the best image quality for even the most demanding applications.

  • Full-Speed 32-Bit Color Precision
    Delivers increased image quality with no performance compromise

  • 90nm Process Technology
    " Delivers higher performance through blazing clock rates.

  • Built for Microsoft® Windows Vista™
    NVIDIA¡¦s third-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista gives users the best possible experience with the 3D graphical user interface in the upcoming operating system (OS) from Microsoft.
    1Requires NVIDIA ForceWare Release 91.47 drivers or later and 128MB of on-board memory
    2Feature requires supported video software
    .



    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