The new era in next-gen gaming is around the corner.
Today Galaxy Technology announce the launch of the most powerful accelerator ever created. This true monster is fully DirectX 10 ready card, offering outstanding power in newest games. Unified architecture in pixel and vertex shaders, along with their 4.0 generation brings a life-like effects onto your monitor screen.

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Biostar Sigma Gate VP8803GX73 and Sigma Gate VP8803GS63

BIOSTAR Microtech Int'l Corp., the VGA specialist, announced today two new high-end solutions for PCI-Express x16 systems with SLI™ function –Sigma Gate VP8803GX73 and Sigma Gate VP8803GS63.

BIOSTAR’s VP8803GX73, which is the first 768MB onboard VGA card in the world, and VP8803GS63 with unique 640MB onboard will change the way true gamers experience gaming. Both VGA models represent the next generation of cards supporting DirectX® 10 standard which will enable stunning graphics effects.

BIOSTAR VP8803GX73 and VP8803GS63 redefine your gaming reality with NVIDIA® SLI™-Ready GeForce® 8800 graphics processing units (GPUs).  The world’s first Direct®X 10 GPUs feature a powerful unified architecture that delivers an incredibly true-to-life gaming experience.  Power through games at record speeds.  Charge through game maps with vividly realistic, sun-up to sun-down HDR lighting effects while steering clear of mind-blowing physics effects such as explosions, fire, and smoke.  Crank up 16x full-screen anti-aliasing without missing a beat – no jaggies, no worries.  And when you’re not pwning the enemy, relax to your favorite movies with NVIDIA PureVideo™ technology. 

www.biostar.com.tw

Calibre P880+ / P880 (Sparkle)

SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, today releases next generation firepower by announcing Calibre P880+ GeForce 8800 GTX and Calibre P880 GeForce 8800 GTS video cards. With unparalleled gaming firepower and high efficient TEC active cooler system for aerospace integrated, the two new flagship products from SPARKLE, Calibre P880+ and Calibre P880 video cards elevate hard-core gamers' experience to the next plateau of DirectX 10 era.

Based on NVIDIA's next generation G80 architecture, The new Calibre P880+ and Calibre P880 video cards are the world's fastest graphics cards. They adopt NVIDIA innovative G80 unified architecture, dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs. Built upon technologies such as NVIDIA Lumenex Engine, providing support for DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0, NVIDIA Quantum Effects technology for physics computation and GigaThread Technology for extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs.

    Besides all these advanced features, Calibre P880+ and Calibre P880 video cards are fused with the high efficient TEC active cooler system co-developed by MACS Technology Inc and SPARKLE, which creates your ultimate gaming experience. This high efficient TEC active cooler system co-developed by MACS Technology Inc and SPARLE absorbs aerospace technologies used in NASA's space shuttle cooling territory. It employs aerospace technologies such as thermal transducer, aerodynamics, heat transfer and embedded software control for cooling the possibility of overheat problem on G80 GPU.

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Albatron 8800GTX/GTS

Albatron Technology recently announced its latest performance cards, the 8800GTX and 8800GTS, featuring support for the much anticipated DirectX10 standard that promises a faster, more exciting gaming experience for the market. With Windows^® Vista just around the corner, distributors and retailers are already lining up with big orders anticipating a rush for these performance gaming cards which feature NVIDIA^®'s new DirectX10 GPUs.


DirectX10 is the latest version of the DirectX standard developed by Microsoft^® Corporation and is used to give multimedia (graphics, communications, sound etc.) developers, namely the gaming industry, a more convenient and efficient interface (API) in developing application programs. In effect, developers get a very powerful environment to develop programs leading to more exciting games for consumers.

The new DirectX10 standard is used by and geared for the upcoming Windows^® Vista operating system which makes this release very timely as Microsoft readies its huge consumer Windows Vista release in early '07. To take advantage of the latest games using DirectX10 you will need to run on a system with Windows Vista and a DirectX10 graphics subsystem. This new version supplants the Direct9.0c version and features a very robust feature set with significant improvements, especially in rendering complex 3D effects in real time. With DirectX10 comes the new Shader Model 4.0 which also includes significant changes to the graphics processing, reducing idle time and increasing task sharing between shader models and generally making it much more efficient and faster.

www.albatron.com.tw

BFG Technologies®, Inc., the leading North American and European NVIDIA supplier of advanced 3D graphics cards, motherboards, power supplies and other PC enthusiast products, announced today the BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX 768MB PCI Express™ and BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTS 640MB PCI Express™ graphics cards, the first with Microsoft® DirectX® 10 support. “PC enthusiasts looking for the next level of reality in gaming will be amazed at the performance of the new BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS graphics cards with HDR lighting effects and full-screen anti-aliasing” said Scott Herkelman, EVP of marketing at BFG Technologies. “With full support for DirectX 10, these cards are ready for the next generation games while making easy work of today’s top titles.”