BFG Technologies Offers Consumers More Performance with New Overclocked 3D Graphics Cards.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAKE BLUFF, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004 BFG BfG Bundesanstalt für Gewaesserkunde (Germany: Federal Institute of Hydrology) BFG Big Friendly Giant (Roald Dahl book) BFG Battlefleet Gothic (game) BFG Briefing Raises the Bar by Offering Consumers Faster-Than-Standard Speed Graphics Cards While Maintaining Their True Lifetime Warranty and Competitive Pricing 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 their two newest cards, BFG GeForce(TM) FX 5900XT OC(TM) and BFG GeForce(TM) FX 5500 OC(TM) will be faster than standard cards with the same chipset due to BFG's custom "out-of-the-box" overclocking. "BFG knows that many gamers like to push their hardware to the max," said Scott Herkelman, EVP EVP Executive Vice President EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition Marketing for BFG Technologies, Inc. "Overclocking a card can give a significant performance boost during gaming and other 3D applications, but the process can be risky and certainly voids the warranty. That's why we've begun overclocking our cards in the factory when possible. We increase the core clock up to a significant but safe level, giving end users more performance without voiding our lifetime warranty or adding cost." BFG GeForce(TM) FX 5900XT OC(TM) features 128 MB DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory memory, 430 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. core clock (vs. 390 MHz standard), 735 MHz effective memory clock, 23.5 GB memory bandwidth Memory bandwidth is the rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by a processor. Memory bandwidth is usually expressed in units of bytes/second, though this can vary for systems with natural data sizes that are not a multiple of the commonly used and Microsoft(R) Direct X(R) 9.0 support. This 8X 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. card also offers NVIDIA(R) UltraShadow(TM) technology, NVIDIA(R) CineFX(TM) 2.0 engine, NVIDIA(R) nView(TM) multi-display technology and NVIDIA(R) Forceware(TM) unified software environment (USE). MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) : $229.99 BFG GeForce(TM) FX 5500 OC(TM) features 256 MB DDR memory and a 290 MHz core clock (vs. 270 MHz standard). This 8X AGP card also offers NVIDIA(R) CineFX(TM) 2.0 engine, NVIDIA(R) nView(TM) multi-display technology and NVIDIA(R) Forceware(TM) unified software environment (USE). MSRP: $149.99 BFG Technologies offers a true lifetime warranty and free 24/7 online and telephone technical support on all of its graphics cards. 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 Fry's Electronics is a specialty retailer of software, consumer electronics, computer hardware and household appliances with a chain of superstores headquartered in Silicon Valley. Starting with one store located in Sunnyvale, California, USA, the chain now boasts sales of $2. 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, UltraShadow, nView, CineFX, 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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