BFG Technologies Announces New State-of-the-Art 3D Graphics Cards Featuring The NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GPU.Business Editors LAKE BLUFF, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2004 BFG Technologies BFG Technologies is a privately held U.S.-based supplier of premium 3D video cards based on NVIDIA graphics technology. BFG Technologies branded products are available in North America and Europe at retailers and e-tailers. Their main headquarters is in Lake Forest, Illinois. , Inc., a leading U.S.-based supplier of advanced 3D graphics cards and other PC enthusiast products, announced today that they will offer two new 3D graphics cards based on the highly anticipated NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 6800 graphics processing unit See GPU. (GPU GPU: see secret police. (Graphics Processing Unit) A specialized logic chip devoted to rendering 2D or 3D images. Display adapters contain one or more GPUs for fast graphics rendering. ). The BFG BfG Bundesanstalt für Gewaesserkunde (Germany: Federal Institute of Hydrology) BFG Big Friendly Giant (Roald Dahl book) BFG Battlefleet Gothic (game) BFG Briefing GeForce 6800 Ultra and BFG GeForce 6800 will provide unprecedented 3D graphics performance and features to the hard-core PC gamer PC Gamer is a magazine founded in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features . Based on a ground-breaking new architecture, NVIDIA(R) GeForce 6800 GPUs are the first to feature Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 9 Shader Model 3.0 support for ultra-realistic images, and a superscalar A CPU architecture that allows more than one instruction to be executed in one clock cycle. See pipeline processing. (architecture) superscalar - A superscalar architecture is a uniprocessor that can execute two or more scalar operations in parallel. architecture for unprecedented performance. GeForce 6800 GPUs also feature a dedicated on-chip video processor that delivers unmatched video functionality including high-definition video This article is about high-definition video technology. For television systems, see High-definition television. For the tape format, see HDV. For compression and prerecorded media, see High-definition pre-recorded media and compression. playback. Features and Benefits of the BFG GeForce(TM) 6800 Ultra and BFG GeForce(TM) 6800 Superscalar GPU architecture - Delivers up to 8X the shading power of previous generation products for spectacular gaming performance. High-speed GDDR GDDR Geographically Dispersed Disaster Restart GDDR Graphics Double Data Rate 3 Memory Interface - Support for the world's fastest GDDR3 memory delivers fluid frame rates for even the most advanced games and applications. 256-bit Memory Interface with Advanced Memory Control - Delivers more memory bandwidth and efficiency to power the latest games and applications at blazing speeds. NVIDIA(R) High-Precision Dynamic-Range(TM) (HPDR HPDR High-Power Disc Resonator HPDR High Precision Dynamic Range ) Technology - Based on the OpenEXR(TM) technology from Industrial Light & Magic(R), HPDR sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending. DirectX(R) 9.0 Optimizations and Support - Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all DirectX(R) 9.0 applications. OpenGL 1.5 Optimizations and Support - Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for all OpenGL applications. NVIDIA(R) ForceWare(TM) Unified Driver Architecture (UDA (Universal Data Access) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its combined set of standards for file and database access. UDA includes ODBC, ADO, OLE DB and RDS. See ODBC, ADO, OLE DB and RDS. ) - Delivers rock-solid forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. UDA simplifies upgrading to a new BFG/NVIDIA(R) product because all BFG/NVIDIA(R) products work with the same driver software. Includes full support for PCI Express and AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. . 24 / 7 / 365 FREE Technical Support - BFG Tech offers the industry's only round-the-clock free support via email and telephone. True Lifetime Warranty - All BFG Technologies' graphics products are backed by a true lifetime warranty. Other companies may claim to have a lifetime warranty, but closer inspection of their warranty reveals that "lifetime" is defined as the retail shelf life of the product. Availability The BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra and BFG GeForce 6800 are scheduled to be available for public purchase in May 2004. About BFG Technologies, Inc. BFG Technologies is a privately held U.S. based supplier of premium 3D video cards based on NVIDIA(R) graphics technology and other PC enthusiast products. BFG Technologies is dedicated to bringing the latest high quality, high-tech multimedia products to PC and gaming enthusiasts at competitive prices. BFG Technologies brand 3D graphics cards are available in the U.S. at Best Buy, CompUSA, Wal-Mart, Fry's Electronics and within premium Alienware(R) and Falcon Northwest(TM) gaming systems. For more information about BFG Technologies' products, please call 847-615-1955 or visit www.bfgtech.com. BFG Technologies(TM) and OC(TM) are trademarks of BFG Technologies, Inc. NVIDIA, GeForce, and Forceware are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation and are used under license to BFG Technologies from NVIDIA Corporation. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice. |
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