XLR8 GTX 280 1024MB and XLR8 GTX 260 896MB
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PARSIPPANY, N.J. – June 16, 2008 – PNY Technologies®, Inc. is raising the performance bar by enabling full-throttle, lifelike game play with its XLR8™ GeForce® GTX 280 PCI-e 2.0 and GTX 260 PCI-e 2.0 graphics cards. Based on the NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 200 Series of GPUs’ second generation unified architecture and NVIDIA’s new GPU PhysX™ technology, gamers will undergo a dynamic 3D gaming experience.
“With convincing facial animation, multiple ultra-high polygon characters in complex environments and fully simulated physical effects, these cards bring 3D games to life,” said Nicholas Mauro, senior marketing manager, PC components. “Not just for gamers, these cards broaden our scope of products to reach even programmers—who need to offload processing tasks from the CPU to the GPU. In fact, the GTX 200 series delivers performance improvements up to 7x a traditional CPU.”
The PNY XLR8 GTX 280 and GTX 260 are available now with special offerings from PNY.com, NewEgg.com and TigerDirect.com.
· XLR8 GeForce GTX 280: Features 1024MB of GDDR3 frame buffer memory, a 602 MHz core clock and 1296 MHz shader clock. It also has a 141.7 GB/sec. memory bandwidth; a texture fill rate of 48.2 Bil/sec.; and effective data rate of 2214 MHz. MSRP: $649.99
· XLR8 GeForce GTX 260: Features 896MB of GDDR3 frame buffer memory, a 576 MHz core clock and 1242 MHz shader clock. It also has a 111.9 GB/sec. memory bandwidth; a texture fill rate of 36.9 Bil/sec.; and effective data rate of 2000 MHz. MSRP: $399.99
The NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD engine delivers unmatched video and movie quality. Couple it with nForce SLI-ready motherboards and get amplified performance up to 2x in a dual SLI configuration and up to 2.8x in 3-way SLI mode.
Both cards come equipped with the following high end features, including:
· Second generation NVIDIA® Unified Architecture
· Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 with full Shader Model 4.0 support
· 3-Way NVIDIA SLI® Technology
· NVIDIA PhysX™ Ready
· NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology
· NVIDIA HybridPower™ Technology
· Two dual-link DVI and one HDTV output
· High Definition 1080p display support
· Dual-link HDCP capability
· OpenGL 2.1 support
The company offers a five year warranty (three years standard with two-year upgrade upon completion of registration form on PNY Web site).
For more information on product bundles, technical product support, FAQs and the latest up-to-date drivers, please visit PNY’s Web site at http://www.pny.com. For the enthusiast product info, bundles, tournaments and other special offers, please visit PNY’s new on-line gaming portal at http://www.xlr8gaming.net.
About PNY Technologies
Established in 1985, PNY Technologies® Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of memory upgrade modules, high capacity flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable hard drives as well as consumer and professional workstation graphics cards. The company’s photography, mobility, 3D gaming and business solutions are widely available from major retail, e-tail and wholesale outlets internationally. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., PNY maintains facilities in North America (Santa Clara and Orange County, Calif., Miami, Fla. and Parsippany, N.J.), Europe (Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom,) Asia (Taiwan and China) and Latin America.