From our front-page news:
ASUS announced last week the first 8800GT card equipped with 1GB of GDDR3, courtesy of Qimonda. Equipped with the extra memory, the EN8800GT is destined to allow the highest of resolutions while keeping maximum quality settings. Of course this is said of all cards, but the real test will be a direct comparison of a 512MB version to this one, an experiment we hope to have results for in the coming weeks.
The big question of course is whether or not the extra memory is actually going to improve performance. The card will still have a 256-bit memory bus, which will still be a limiting factor. Regardless, other features of the card include a Glaciator heatsink that promises temperatures 7°C lower than that of reference models. Because of this, ASUS believes that a 10% improvement on the shader clock can be achieved with minor overclocking. Keen.
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FREMONT, CA (December 6, 2007) - ASUS, worldwide leader in component and notebook design and manufacturing, today released the world's first EN8800GT graphics card with 1GB of Qimonda memory: The EN8800GT/HTDP/1G. Rocking NVIDIA'S latest generation Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and an unparalleled amount of memory, this card is designed to provide a feature-rich DirectX 10 gaming and multimedia playback experience at ultra-high resolutions and maximum quality settings.
Source: ASUSTeK Press Release
The big question of course is whether or not the extra memory is actually going to improve performance. The card will still have a 256-bit memory bus, which will still be a limiting factor. Regardless, other features of the card include a Glaciator heatsink that promises temperatures 7°C lower than that of reference models. Because of this, ASUS believes that a 10% improvement on the shader clock can be achieved with minor overclocking. Keen.
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FREMONT, CA (December 6, 2007) - ASUS, worldwide leader in component and notebook design and manufacturing, today released the world's first EN8800GT graphics card with 1GB of Qimonda memory: The EN8800GT/HTDP/1G. Rocking NVIDIA'S latest generation Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and an unparalleled amount of memory, this card is designed to provide a feature-rich DirectX 10 gaming and multimedia playback experience at ultra-high resolutions and maximum quality settings.
Source: ASUSTeK Press Release