New 512MB Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra improves performance and GeForce 6200 for AGP lowers price of next generation graphics.
Nvidia expanded its GeForce 6 Series of graphics processing units (GPUs) by unveiling two new products: a 512MB version of the performance-leading GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU and a new lower cost AGP version of the GeForce 6200 GPU which brings Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 technology to more affordable price levels.
Working with leading DDR manufacturers, the NVIDIA 512MB DDR3 GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU almost doubles the useable bandwidth and provides faster frame rates at higher resolutions and colour depths. The 512MB DDR3 GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU also features SLI technology to deliver a gaming supercomputer for the extreme gamer. In the mainstream space, the new GeForce 6200 AGP GPU brings Shader Model 3.0 functionality to the USD 79 price point.
Originally introduced in April of 2004, the NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series of GPUs, which includes the GeForce 6800, GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6200 models, are available for both PCI Express and AGP-based PCs. These GPUs support the Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 standard for ultra-realistic effects and NVIDIA PureVideo technology for home-theatre quality video on the PC.
These new GPUs are shipping now from NVIDIA and are expected to be available from numerous partners in April.
