Chaintech Announces New Apogee Graphics Board Based on nVIDIA GeForce 7800GT Processor; PCI-Express Board is HDTV-Ready, and Supports Overclocking for the High-End Consumer Graphics and Gaming Market.FREMONT, Calif. -- Chaintech America Co. Ltd, a leading VGA card A display adapter that provides VGA resolution. All display adapters (graphics cards) for PCs provide base level VGA resolutions. See VGA. and motherboard manufacturer, today announced the Apogee AE78GT, a High-Definition graphics board for consumer graphics and gaming enthusiasts based on the nVIDIA(R) GeForce 7800GT graphics processor. The Chaintech AE78GT features a revolutionary design that sets new standards for 3D graphics processing performance. The new PCI-Express interface graphics card is powered by nVIDIA latest GeForce 7800GT Graphics Processing Unit See GPU. , which provides a 400MHz (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. engine clock and 1000MHz memory clock, 256MB 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 3 memory, with 20-pixel pipeline to speed up image processing and to produce sharp graphics. The Chaintech Apogee AE78GT features nVIDIA latest PureVideo technology to deliver high visual quality to video home entertainment systems. The board also includes nVIDIA(R) CineFX 4.0 and Intellisample 4.0 technology with support for Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 9.0 Shader Model 3.0+ for soft realistic shadows. These visual technologies make the Chaintech Apogee AE78GT a solid performer for gaming enthusiasts at a value. The Chaintech Apogee AE78GT supports new HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , dual display, and older analog video technology with dual DVI-I (DVI-Integrated) See DVI. outputs, HDTV out, DVI-I out, and DVI-I to VGA adapter. Chaintech bundles a wide-range of graphics and entertainment software with the board. Each board ships with WinDVD5 (6-Channel), WinDVD Creator 2, WinRip 2.1, Home Theater 2.1 Lite, Adobe Photoshop Album 1.0, 5 in 1 game pack, and a full version of the Painkiller game. The Apogee AE78GT is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, ME, 9x, Mac OS X, and Linux. The 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) of the Chaintech Apogee AE78GT is $429. The board is available immediately in the U.S. from Chaintech's authorized dealers, distributors and on-line retailers. About Chaintech America Chaintech America, www.chaintechusa.com, is headquartered is Fremont, California, and distributes the company's flagship Apogee, Zenith/VE, graphics boards and motherboard lines throughout North America and Latin America. Chaintech America can be contacted at 510-656-3648. Chaintech Computer Co., LTD, www.chaintech.com.tw, phone 886-2-8226-8188, was established in 1986, and is the world headquarters of Chaintech based in Zhonghe City, Taiwan. Chaintech is one of the Top Ten motherboard and graphics card manufacturers in the world. |
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