Memory transfer rate: 156.8 GB/s (10.66% above default transfer rate of 141.7 GB/s)
Bus: PCI Express 2.0
Connectors: Dual DVI-I, TV-Out and HDTV
ThermoIntelligence water cooling solution. BFG says that this system can lower GTX 280 GPU operation temperature as much as 52°C than reference cooling solution.
After the launch of Radeon HD 4850 AMD/ATI is now rolling out their new high-end graphics chip, Radeon HD 4870. This new GPU works at 750 MHz, access its 512 MB of GDDR5 memory at 900 MHz (real) throughout a 256-bit memory interface and consumes up to 160 W. The new GDDR5 memories are capable of transferring four data per clock cycle, so this video card memories achieve a maximum transfer rate of 115.2 GB/s, as if the memories were running at 3.6 GHz. Below you can see the names of graphics card manufacturers that have just released models equipped with this new AMD/ATI GPU.
ASUS has just launched two new graphics cards based on the latest Radeon HD 4800 series from AMD/ATI, Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870, the latter hasn’t been officially launched yet. See the specs for these two new ASUS models below.
Sapphire was one of the first graphics card suppliers to launch a card based on the newest AMD/ATI GPU, Radeon HD 4850. See the specs for this new Sapphire model below.
nVidia has just launched GeForce 9800 GTX+, an overclocked 9800 GTX. This new card features core clock of 738 MHz (against 675 MHz on GeForce 9800 GTX) accessing its 512 MB GDDR3 at 1,100 MHz (the same clock as GeForce 9800 GTX) and supporting 3-Way SLI. With this launch nVidia has dropped GeForce 9800 GTX price to make it a competitor to the new Radeon HD 4850.
nVidia also made an important announcement today, which is finally the support of PhysX in the GPU. It means that all physics calculations will be performed by GPU, thus improving performance of PhysX-based games. At this time only GeForce 9800 GTX, GTX 280 and GTX 260 will have support to this feature by using a new driver (version 177.39). nVidia is promising for July a new driver that will allow PhysX for their entire product line.
AMD/ATI has just launched the first GPU within its new Radeon HD 4800 series: Radeon HD 4850, a.k.a RV770. This new chip features core clock of 625 MHz, memory clock of 1 GHz and 800 unified shader processors. Radeon HD 4870 will be launched next week on Wednesday 25 June.
Leadtek has just launched two graphics cards based on the latest GeForce GTX 200 series from nVidia. See the specs for these two new Leadtek models below.
MSI launched two graphics cards based on the latest GeForce GTX 200 series from nVidia. See the specs for these two new MSI models below.
N280GTX-T2D1G
GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX 280
Core clock: 602 MHz
Memory: 1 GB DDR3
Memory clock (DDR) : 2,214 MHz
Memory interface: 512 bit
Bus: PCI Express 2.0
Connectors: Dual DVI-I, TV-Out, VGA and HDMI
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The factory-overclocked model is called N280GTX-T2D1G-OC and it features core clock of 650 MHz (7.97% above default clock) and memory clock of 2,300 MHz (3.88% above default clock). The other specs remain the same.
N260GTX-T2D896
GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX 260
Core clock: 576 MHz
Memory: 896 MB DDR3
Memory clock (DDR) : 1,998 MHz
Memory interface 448 bit
Bus: PCI Express 2.0
Connectors: Dual DVI-I, TV-Out, VGA and HDMI
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The factory-overclocked model is called N260GTX-T2D896-OC, but MSI didn’t disclose information about its clock rates.
nVidia has just launched its newest graphics cards series, GeForce GTX 200. Two models were released today: GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260. Both cards are PCI Express 2.0, support three-way SLI and require two auxiliary power connectors, with GTX 280 requiring one 6-pin connector and another 8-pin connector and GTX 260 requiring two 6-pin connectors. On the table below we summarize the main specs from these two cards.
Acer claims to have the world’s first 24” full High Definition (FHD) with 1080p resolution and 16:9 ratio widescreen LCD monitor. The model Acer P244W has been launched at the Computex Taipei. It supports a superior contrast ratio up to 20,000:1 and a response time up to 2 ms gray-to-gray and offers support to HDMI.
Walton Chaintech announces the new APOGEE overclocking memory modules, including the APOGEE GT DDR2 1200 memory modules in 4GB kit and Flash SATA SSD in 32 GB and 64 GB. Additionally, the company also releases the new APOGEE GT Blazer series DDR3 2000 memory modules with Cool-it-Smart heatsink design.
In Taipei Computex, Walton Chaintech will also present the new Limited Gaming Edition in deluxe gift package, featuring CHAINTECH GeForce 9600GT 512MB O/C version and APOGEE GT DDR2 1066 4GB kit that can easily optimize the PC performance.
Chaintech GSE96GT 512MB Overclocking version is considered an evolution version of 9600GT, with advancing from 650 MHz core clock to 735 MHz by running on a 256-bit bus. The card adopts emory solution GDDR3 512MB that runs up to 1900 MHz.
ECS launches N9600GSO-384MX-F graphics card based on the NVidia GeForce 9600GSO. Featuring the support for DirectX 10 and resolutions up to 2560 x 1600,the card supports NVidia SLI technology and the second-generation PureVideo HD Technology.
Walton Chaintech introduces the GSE96GT Overclocking Edition with core code GeForce G94. According to the manufacturer, the overall performance of its new graphic card has raised about 15% compared with 9600GT. In fact, the 9600 GTC is considered an evolution of 9600GT advancing itself from 650 MHz core clock to 735 MHz with running on a 256-bit bus. The card also features GDDR3 512MB running up to 1900 MHz.
Chaintech 9600GTC is compatible with integrated HDMI and it adopts Dual-Link DVI-I for smoothly delivering high quality images to a 2560 x 1600 resolution LCD display.
Club 3D announced the 9600GT Overclocked Edition, based on the NVidia G94 chipset. The new graphic card offers higher memory and graphic processor speeds than other 9600GT cards. Check the specifications:
