Con un post sul proprio blog ufficiale, NVIDIA ha annunciato al grande pubblico "la più veloce gpu al mondo per notebook", ovvero la GeForce GTX 480M, mediante la quale il chip maker statunitense ha perseguito "risultati fondamentali", che innanzitutto coincidono con il "supporto delle API DirectX 11".

Inoltre, la GeForce GTX 480M, che è basata, naturalmente, sul chip grafico "GF100", che sappiamo essere realizzato secondo i dettami dell'architettura "Fermi", offre prestazioni particolarmente rilevanti con la tessellazione ("tesselation") in hardware mediante DirectX 11: in accordo a NVIDIA le performance del chip in questo ambito sono fino a 5 volte superiori a quelle di altre, e non meglio precisate, gpu.

Il core grafico della GeForce GTX 480M lavora a 425MHz (il valore è più basso rispetto a quelli di qualsiasi altra soluzione "Fermi" per desktop), gli shader a 850MHz e la RAM (1GB di G-DDR5 con bus a 256-bit) a 600MHz (valore fisico) o 2.40GHz (valore effettivo).

Al pari delle corrispondenti varianti per desktop, la GeForce GTX 480M supporta le tecnologie NVIDIA 3D Vision, PureVideo HD, PhysX, CUDA e DirectCompute 5.0.

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Today we introduced the new GeForce GTX 480M GPU for Notebooks and with it we're achieving some very impressive milestones. First, this is DirectX 11 done right for notebooks. Tessellation is the most important new feature for the DirectX 11 API, and the GeForce GTX 480M is a true tessellation monster for the notebook platform. It offers a dedicated Tessellation engine for up to 5x more performance than any other GPU.

Second, with the power of the GeForce GTX 480M GPUs, notebook manufacturers can set new records for notebook performance. Put simply: If a notebook maker wants to build the fastest possible system on the planet, they will start with GeForce GTX 480M as its foundation.

Third, we've now brought the vaunted Fermi architecture to notebooks. GeForce GTX 480M delivers nearly three times more NVIDIA CUDA cores over previous generation Notebook GPUs, which means users get unbelievably fast video transcoding, upscaling from standard definition to high definition and real-time movie clean-up with the click of a button.

And finally, the GeForce GTX 480M not only delivers the world's best gaming frame rates, it also gives added features that no other GPU offers, including NVIDIA 3D Vision technology for an immersive gaming experience, NVIDIA PhysX technology that brings games to life with dynamic, interactive environments and NVIDIA Verde Notebook Drivers for the most up-to-date performance from your notebook.

We're happy to partner with Clevo to introduce the first system based on GeForce GTX 480M. Stay tuned for more systems in the future.

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