Palit Microsystems, leading graphics card manufacturer, today announces GeForce® GTX 280 and GTX 260 with the 2nd generation unified architecture and NVIDIA’s new GPU PhysX™ technology, allowing users to experience convincing facial animation, multiple ultra-high polygon characters in complex environments, and fully simulated physical effects such as weather and explosions to delivering a truly immersive and dynamic 3D gaming experience.
Palit GeForce® GTX 280 features 240 stream processors with a 602MHz core clock, 1296MHz shader clock and high capacity 1GB of 512bit, 2214MHz GDDR3 memory. Alternatively, the Palit GeForce® GTX 260 is equipped with 192 stream processors, operating with a 576MHz core clock, a 1242MHz shader clock and 896MB of 448bit, 1998MHz GDDR3 memory. The Palit GeForce GTX 200 series products support 2nd generation NVIDIA® Unified Architecture, providing 50% more gaming performance over the 1st generation. Moreover, NVIDIA CUDA™ technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks and increasing performance up to 7X over traditional CPUs.
Are you ready to get pulled further into the gaming experience then ever before? With Palit GeForce® GTX 280 and GTX 260, games including Unreal Tournament® 3, Assassin’s Creed™, Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare™ and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky are turning to the real thing. With 50% better performance than pervious generation graphics processors, there is no lag, no dropped frames, and no compromise.
280GTX
* Bus support: PCI Express 2.0
* DRAM Type: GDDR3
* Memory: 1GB/512bit
* M/C Clock: 2214/602 MHz
260GTX
* Bus support: PCI Express 2.0
* DRAM Type: GDDR3
* Memory: 896MB/448bit
* M/C Clock: 1998/576 MHz
Features
NVIDIA® 2nd generation unified architecture:
o Second generation architecture delivers 50% more gaming performance over the first generation through 240 enhanced processor cores that provide incredible shading horsepower.
NVIDIA PhysX™-Ready
* GeForce® GPU support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realist experience with GeForce.
3-way SLI® Technology
* Industry leading 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing 3-way AFR for the world’s fastest gaming solution under Window Vista with solid, state-of-the-art drivers.
Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Support:
o World’s first DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology
* CUDA technology unlocks the power pf the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks-such as video transcoding- delivering up to 7x performance over traditional CPUs.
PCI Express 2.0 Support:
o Designed to sun perfectly with the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow’s most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the 5GT/s PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth.
Dual Dual-link DVI Support:
o Able to drive the industries largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560 x 1600.
NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD Technology
o The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
About Palit
Established in 1988, Palit Microsystems (H.K.) Limited is well-known for manufacturing stable, excellent, and innovative graphics accelerators and motherboards. As one of the top PC components manufacturers, Palit continues to provide industry-leading graphics cards and motherboards with reliable, excellent quality to the world. With headquarters in Hong Kong, factories in Mainland China, and branch offices in Germany and Taipei, Palit has developed worldwide sales network which cooperates closely with our customers.
Palit is well positioned to maintain an industry leadership due to the vast array of ATi and NVIDIA products and on-going development efforts. Palit’s worldwide facilities are ISO 9001 certified. All the Palit PC graphics accelerators and motherboards are with WHQL certification to ensure full compatibility
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