Tech Shout!

Nvidia Corp. has announced the availability of its latest Nvidia DeForce 7950 GX2, which is the California-based company’s fastest graphics card till date. Nvidia’s GeForce 7950 GX2 will be available via its add-in card partners.

The GeForce 7950 GX2 is said to perform as much as 72% faster than the present day leading single-GPU graphics cards on the market today by harnessing the power of two GeForce 7950 graphics processing units (GPUs) on one card.

Ujesh Desai, general manager of desktop GPUs at Nvidia said, “The GeForce 7950 GX2 is a great card for the gamer that’s looking for the absolute best performance in a single graphics card solution. With that kind of power gamers can crank up their screen resolution to an unbelievable 2560 x 1600 pixels for an extreme high definition gaming experience.”

GeForce 7950 GX2 delivers a powerful feature set that includes:
• Two high-performance GPUs working simultaneously on a single card, dramatically raising the bar for single-card performance.
• 48 pixel pipes, 16 vertex shaders, 76.8 GBps of memory bandwidth and 24 billion texels per second of fill rate on a single card.
• 1 GB of fast GDDR3 video memory on a single card.
• Dual dual-link DVI support for high-definition, widescreen flat panel displays that support resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 pixels for an ultra-realistic HD gaming experience.
• Hardware accelerated H.264 support through Nvidia PureVideo technology, the combination of HD video processors and software delivers a HD home-theater quality video experience to the PC.
• High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) capable.
• Support for Quad Nvidia SLI technology allows Nvidia authorised system builders to combine the power of two GeForce 7950 GX2 graphics cards to dramatically increase graphics horsepower.

Nvidia SLI technology lets customers to smartly scale graphics performance by combining multiple Nvidia graphics solutions in a single system with an Nvidia nForce SLI MCP-based motherboard.

By using SLI technology, authorised system builders can put two GeForce 7950 GX2 graphics cards to work in parallel, harnessing the power of four GPUs to deliver extreme HD resolutions, while still maintaining ultra smooth frame rates, stunning visuals and pristine image quality for an immersive gaming experience.

GeForce 7950 GX2 graphics cards are immediately available from leading add-in card manufacturers, e-tailers and system builders.