E' stata annunciata da Sparkle, mediante il comunicato stampa di seguito allegato, la scheda grafica Sparkle GeForce 8800 GT 256Mb: la card è disponibile in due versioni, al variare del sistema di raffreddamento che è stato implementato da Sparkle in un caso mediante l'adozione di un dissipatore attivo e, nell'altro, attraverso un cooler passivo (entrambe le varianti sono incluse nella foto che segue, ndr).
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Le nuove GeForce 8800 GT 256Mb di Sparkle si collocano nella fascia media del mercato consumer gaming-oriented; la soluzione con dissipatore passivo si fa ovviamente notare per il livello di rumorosità pari a zero, pur mantenendo lo stresso profilo di frequenze della scheda con raffreddamento attivo (core della gpu a 600MHz, clock dei 256Mb di G-DDR3 a 1400MHz e clock dei 112 processori di stream a 1500MHz). Tutte le specifiche dei nuovi prodotti sono inclusi nella seguente tabella proveniente da Sparkle.
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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. ”
Source: Sparkle Press Release
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