GFX 5900 Ultra Released

GFX 5900 Ultra Released

Coming on the heels of a successful launch of the GeForce FX 5900 series, top hardware editors worldwide have praised the new NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra graphics processing unit (GPU) as the undisputed leader in performance, image quality and compatibility for the enthusiast PC gaming market.

Based on the groundbreaking GeForce FX architecture, the award-winning GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GPU combines a new 256-bit memory interface with an advanced 0.13-micron process for ultra-high clock frequencies, resulting in a performance advantage over competitive products by up to a 67 per cent margin in the latest benchmarks.

With GeForce FX 5900 Ultra NVIDIA takes the lead with the fastest 3D graphics-accelerator, said Sascha Faber, senior technical editor, PC Professionell in Germany.

GeForce FX 5900 can certainly claim the performance crown in the industry, added Shao Zhen, editor of hardware reviews for PCPOP Online in China.

The GeForce FX 5900 Ultra is the fastest card in all resolutions, under all conditions, but it really begins to pull ahead with antialiasing turned on, especially at the higher resolutions, said Howard Ha, editor for Neoseeker in Canada. The GeForce FX 5900 is the fastest card we have ever tested.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra shows unbeatable performance and is the king of graphics boards, wrote Shinjiroh Kaku, senior editor for ASCII Plus Magazine in Japan (June 24 Issue).

In addition to stunning performance, the GeForce FX 5900 GPU features the industry's only true 128-bit color precision, delivering studio-quality color to the PC market; NVIDIA CineFX 2.0 engine with second-generation pixel shaders; NVIDIA UltraShadow technology for accelerated rendering of lighting and shadows; and NVIDIA® Intellisample HCT for unprecedented anisotropic filtering and antialiasing, all of which enables unmated image quality across all 3D applications.

With the GeForce FX 5900 Ultra, NVIDIA makes a strong comeback-their new baby is very comfortable with a combination of 4X FSAA and 8X AF and it takes pleasure in vaporizing the competition, remarked Julien Jay, technical editor for Clubic in France.

AnandTech praised nVidia for the stability of its world-renowned Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)-the industry's only true binary-compatible software architecture, ensuring software compatibility and stability, enabling the industry's most reliable graphics platform.