Leading IT infrastructure distributor, Axiz, today announced the immediate availability of the Gainward Geforce 6800 Card. Classified as part of the Geforce 6 Series of cards, the Geforce 6800 is the next generation of graphics cards aimed at the high level gaming enthusiast.
The Geforce 6800 series of cards are designed to deliver:
* Industry-leading 3D performance- new superscalar 16-pipe architecture delivers more than twice that of current industry leading NVIDIA GPUs.
* New features, including Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 feature set - for ultra-realistic cinematic effects.
* Unprecedented on-chip video processing engine - enabling high-definition video and DVD playback.
"This is the biggest generation-to-generation performance leap," said Philip Henning, graphics product manager, Axiz. "In addition to the raw performance increase, Nvidia has taken programmability to the next level with the industry`s only GPU with Shader Model 3.0. It also extends the reach of GPUs to the consumer electronics market with a powerful and fully programmable video processor."
The innovative 3D graphics architecture of the GeForce 6800 GPUs introduces many new technologies that will drive the image quality and performance in 3D gaming, including:
Blazingly fast graphics performance: With a revolutionary new 16 pipeline superscalar architecture and the world`s fastest GDDR3 memory, GeForce 6800 GPUs offer a staggering amount of graphics horsepower. Gaming performance is super charged with eight times the floating-point shader power, four times the shadow processing power and double the vertex processing power over last generation`s award-winning GeForce FX architecture.
Revolutionary new feature set: Built with full Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 support, the GeForce 6 Series was built to deliver ultra-realistic next-generation DirectX 9 titles.
The GeForce 6800 GPUs give developer`s unlimited programmability, 32-bit shader precision, displacement mapping, geometry instancing and other features unique to the GeForce 6 Series. In addition, this new GPU delivers full floating point support throughout the entire pipeline, GeForce 6800 GPUs vastly improve the quality of images in motion with floating point filtering. The new rotated-grid antialiasing feature removes jagged edges for incredible image quality and a new 16x anisotropic filtering mode adds clarity to textures.
World`s first on-chip video processor: GeForce 6800 GPUs have a programmable video processing engine that delivers stunning high-definition video playback. Featuring support for MPEG encode and decode, as well as support for Windows Media Video 9 (WMV9), the GeForce 6800 delivers an amazing video experience when used with the Microsoft Windows Media Centre Edition operating system. The GeForce 6800 also enables high-quality video playback on any window size, and has an integrated TV-encoder for direct-to-TV playback.
According to Henning, the NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series is a great leap forward in PC graphics. It takes next-generation Microsoft DirectX 9 rendering performance to new heights while continuing to deliver high-definition floating-point rendering, driver performance and stability.
The recommended retail price for the Gainward Geforce 6800 card is R2 999 including VAT. The Gainward Geforce 6800GT and Geforce 6800 Ultra cards will be available in August.
For more information, contact Axiz on (011) 237-7000 or visit www.axiz.com.
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