NVidia Unveils Fastest Graphics Cards

By: Johan Young

On last month, the fastest graphics card was introduced by NVidia, with the ability to play 3-dimensional movies and create an image of a game becomes more realistic.

The GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 series are the newest graphics cards and are based on the Nvidia sophisticated graphics processor architecture called Fermi which was announced on last September. The GTX 480 has 480 processing cores in a GPU, while the GTX 470 only has 448 cores.

GTX 480 becomes the fastest graphics card in market, exceeding the ability of AMD ATI Radeon HD5870 series, said the president of PC manufacturer Kelt Reeves of Falcon Northwest. This graphics card will reach the highest-performing new hits, especially when it is installed multifariously on a system.

In the benchmarks of Falcon Northwest for Crysis gaming, a GTX 480 can display high definition images at 30 frames per second on a 24-inch screen, while two series of GTX 480 are capable of displaying as many as 58 frames per second. On the contrary, the ATI Radeon HD 5870 on the same test will result in 31 frames per second, and the score with two series of 5870 only reached 44 frames per second.

Fermi chip will be compatible with the Nvidia CUDA, to help software developers in writing programming codes. Nvidia claimed the parallel programming tools were able to maximize the functions contained in the CPU and GPU to improve performance and graphics applications.

Last September, Fermi chip with 512 processor cores and 3 billion transistors were exhibited by NVidia. Although the FTX 480 does consist of many cores, Fermi architecture is able to load as many as 512 cores in one GPU. “We decided to plant 480 core on the GeForce GTX 480 in order to support widespread availability during initial launch,” said Hector Marinez from NVidia

GTX 480 prices are around U.S. $ 499, while the GTX 470 around U.S. $ 349 and became available in the market in April next. Other models of graphics cards for desktop and laptop-based Fermi will be released at the end of the year.

Conclusion

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