Kobalt Computers Notebooks Now Powered By NVIDIAR GeForceR GTX 480M GPUs

May 24th 2010 - Coulsdon, England:Kobalt Computers Ltd - an award winning specialist in building high-performance systems is pleased to announce the launch of the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M graphics card in its Comanche 17"
and new G875 17.3" notebook.

Featuring 2GB GDDR5 Memory, DirectX 11, NVIDIA PhysX and for the first time in a consumer GPU, Interactive Ray Tracing. The GeForce GTX 480M GPU is the World's fastest notebook GPU providing unparalleled performance in today's and tomorrow's 3D games.



Full specifications of the GeForce GTX 480M GPU are as follows:



352 CUDA Cores

897 CUDA Gigaflops

425 MHz Graphics Clock

850 MHz Processor Clock

18.7 Billion/ Sec Texture Fill Rate

1200 MHz GDDR5 Memory Clock

256 bit Memory Interface Width

76.8 GB/ sec Memory Bandwidth

PhysX Capable



Features:



Open CL Support, PureVideo HD 1080p video decoder, Full spec Blu-ray decode, DirectX 11 support, DirectCompute, Open GL 2.1 & 3.2 support,

HDMI 1.4, HDCP content protection, 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI.





The Comanche notebook is the desktop replacement notebook of choice, featuring IntelR CoreT i7 Desktop Processors up to the Hex-Core 980X, 3 Hard Drives with RAID 0/1 or 5 support, up to 12GB of Corsair Tripple Channel Memory and a choice of the GeForce GTX 285, Quadro FX 3800 or GeForce GTX 480M graphics card. With NVIDIA CUDAT support the Comanche is a powerhouse for consumers needing desktop performance in a portable form factor.



The G875 17.3" Notebook is based on the current Kobalt G870 featuring IntelR CoreT i7 mobile dual and Quad-Core Processors, 2 Hard Drives with RAID support, and up to 8GB Corsair DDR3 1333MHz memory. The G875 ups the ante with a GeForce GTX 480M powering the 17.3" LED backlit LCD screen to provide massive gaming firepower on the move.







Both Comanche and G875 notebooks with the GeForce GTX 480M GPU's are available NOW for pre-order, shipping from the 3rd week of June.



For further information please visit the GeForce GTX 480M Kobalt landing page here: www.kobaltcomputers.co.uk/gtx480mlanding.html




Please note that review samples will be available, please contact pr@kobaltcomputers.co.uk for further information.



About Kobalt Computers Ltd

Kobalt Computers Ltd have been building some of the world's most unique and award winning custom systems since 2004. Currently offering six notebooks ranging from the 15.6" GS660 to the 18.4" G890. Kobalt Computers is the UKs leading custom notebook manufacturer.

For more information visit the website at: www.kobaltcomputers.co.uk