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29 Nov 2007
The new GeForce 8800M notebook graphics processing units (GPUs) will ship
soon to notebook makers.
nVidia
maintained that they have hit the highest scores on industry-standard
benchmarks.
Both the GeForce 8800M GTX and GeForce 8800M GTS support Direct X 10 and are
targeted at the fast-growing market for gaming notebooks.
The new chips feature nVidia’s PureVideo HD engine for playing back HD DVD,
Blu-ray and HD movie downloads. The in-built PowerMizer technology allows users
to customise how the card is set up to balance battery life versus performance.
Both processors have a core clock speed of 500MHz, 512MB of graphics memory,
shader and memory clock speeds of 1250MHz and 800MHz, respectively. The only
difference is that the 8800M GTX chip has 96 stream processors compared with 64
on the GTS.
“I am absolutely amazed by the sheer performance of the new GeForce 8800M
GTX-powered notebooks,” said Mark Rein, vice president of
Epic
Games, creators of the game Unreal Tournament 3 and the Unreal Engine 3 game
engine.
“These machines run Unreal Tournament 3 fantastically even at HD resolutions of
1,920x1,200.”
Frank Azor, executive vice president for
Alienware’s
product group and marketing, said: “Alienware’s philosophy when designing 17in
and 15in notebooks was a commitment to using only the best components.
“Our next-generation notebooks, the Area-51 m17x and Area-51 m15x, launching
early next year, will feature the raw power and vivid detail of the GeForce
8800M GTX.”
Notebooks boasting the new 8800M chips are expected to be available soon from
European system integrators including Airis, Chiligreen, Cizmo, Cybersystem,
Ergo, Nexoc, Novatech, Plaisio, Rock and XXODD.
Nvidia
celebrates first billion-dollar quarter
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