Tech Shout!

XFX, a graphics card manufacturer has announced the arrival of the XFX GeForce 9600 GT which enables HD DVD and Blu-ray video playback with brilliant clarity. XFX happens to be the first to launch the 9000 series of graphics cards in India.

The XFX GeForce 9600 GT is the first in the much-awaited 9000 series of GPUs. This product will definitely revolutionize gaming as well as the HDTV viewing experience. In particular, this graphics card takes gaming to a whole new level with up to 90% greater performance than any previously launched GeForce cards.

A powerful combination of NVIDIA’s Quantum Effects technology, Lumenex engine, Unified Architecture and full support for Microsoft DirectX 10, the GeForce 9600 GT card allows gamers to play the newest generation of games with jaw-dropping speed.

The GeForce 9600 GT card runs at a core speed of 650MHz with XFX overclocked versions available in Extreme and XXX editions pushing 680MHz and 700MHz.

Further, the 9600 GT is also HDMI capable with the use of HDMI certified components. In fact, the 9600 GT XXX edition is fully HDMI certified and includes a HDMI component kit and Company of Heroes DVD as a bonus!

Since this card is embedded with NVIDIA SLI Technology, users can even pair it up with an identical 9600-based card, offering up to 2 times the performance of a single-card setup.

The GeForce 9600 GT graphics card is compatible with PCI Express and the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture. It also ensures the best capability and performance for OpenGL applications. Thus, today’s hottest games like Crysis, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Assassin’s Creed will be the most realistic that they can get using this newly launched GPU.

Even if you are not a gamer, the GeForce 9600 GT card allows users to enjoy a premium 3D user experience with Windows Vista and Windows Media Center. Further, by offloading the CPU, this card also enables users to work on other tasks such as sharing, editing and managing photos and videos.

Last but not the least, the integrated NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology ensures amazing picture and movie quality with 100% offload of H.264 video decoding from the CPU and significantly reduced power consumption. Also, the Dual dual link DVI support enables this card to drive the largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560×1600 and support for High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).

The GeForce 9600 GT graphics card is immediately available wit Rashi Peripherals and its retail branches across India for a price of Rs.13,990 including a 3-year warranty.