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The NVIDIA GEFORCE GO 6800 ULTRA Storms the Gaming SceneNvidia caused a stir recently when it unveiled its latest mobile graphics processor, the GeForce Go 6800 Ultra. This processor core reports speeds of 450 MHz. For DDRI and DDR2, its memory data rate is 700 MHz, for GDDR3 1100MHz. And with a memory bandwidth of 35.2 Gbit, the Ultra posted a fill rate of 5.4 billion pixels per second.The chip makes its first appearance in the new Dell XPS Gen2 gaming laptops. The Ultra's power will translate into nearly double the performance of earlier XPS models, which relied on ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 chips. Just check out how the XPS Gen2 scored during testing: 5000 points in 3DMark05 and a whopping 12,000 points in 3DMark03. To complement this speed, the Dell XPS Gen2 typically packs a 2 GHz Pentium-M 760 or a 2.13 GHz Pentium-M 770 and a 90nm Dothan core, along with a 60 to 100 Gbyte hard drive. The 17-inch display provides 1920 x 1200 pixel WUXGA resolution. Packaged all together, the new Dell gaming notebook weighs only 8.6 pounds, which will be easier on your shoulder compared to the 12 pounders that the previous Go 6800 found itself in. The Geforce 6800 Ultra represents a serious stab at the mobile processor market, in which Nvidia has not traditionally been strong. Despite ATI's market dominance in this niche, however, Nvidia seems to see opportunity for growth. Its first major forays into the field were the Go 6200 and 6600, followed by the Go 6800 regular. With the debut of the 6800 Ultra, Nvidia stakes it claim as the master of mobile high-end performance. The speed comes at a price. The Dell XPS Gen2 will cost no less than $2,249. The Ultra also costs plenty when it comes to electricity. The chip drains a maximum 66.1 watts of power. Compare that to the 26.7 watts typically sucked down by the regular Go 6800, and one can see that Nvidia engineers and systems builders spared no expense to max out on graphics speed and quality. True gamers need only apply for the Ultra. By Matthew Brodsky Thursday, March 03, 2005 |
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