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As with all recent Nvidia GPUs, the GeForce GTX 200 series has PureVideo support that provides full decode acceleration for all popular HD file formats. HDMI output comes via a DVI-to-HDMI adapter, but you'll need to jack a SPDIF audio feed to the top of the card if you want to get sound integrated into the HDMI-out. The card has two dual-link, HDCP-compliant DVI-I outputs and a 7-pin analog connector that can output S-Video as well as composite and component with the appropriate cable dongle.
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Rear Bracket Power and Audio SLI Connector Card Back It's really only a matter of time before a designer extends out the shell to hide the PCI Express connector, the last exposed portion of the card's PCB shame. The entire dual-slot card is encased in a glossy, molded shell, and the new design hides the card's SLI connector and audio port beneath rubberized covers. The GTX 280 continues Nvidia's commitment to evolving the video card into a more consumer-friendly product. The $399 GeForce GTX 260 will have 192 stream processors, 896MB of memory, and a 448-bit memory interface. Nvidia plans to release the slightly less powerful, but much more affordable GeForce GTX 260 next week on June 26, 2008. However, the GTX 280 is only half of the GeForce GTX 200 launch. The performance doesn't come cheap-the GeForce GTX 280 comes with a very top-of-the-line $649 MSRP. Nvidia bumped up the onboard memory to 1GB for a single GPU and widened the memory interface to 512-bit to improve performance at high resolutions with antialiasing enabled. The GeForce GTX 280 has 240 stream processors, almost double the number of processors on the GeForce 9800 GTX, and Nvidia has optimized the new chip architecture to squeeze even more performance out of each processor. GeForce 9800 GX2 owners might want to avert their eyes. The die shrink reduces costs because more chips can fit onto each silicon wafer, and it can often increase GPU performance because smaller chips can achieve higher operating speeds. Shrinking the die is an efficiency play that moves an existing chip design to a newer manufacturing process and results in smaller chips. The GeForce 9 series might be the most short-lived Nvidia GeForce generation we've ever seen, but the GeForce 9's brief life span makes sense when you consider that the GeForce 9800 GTX GPU was basically a die shrink of the GeForce 8800 GTX with some minor memory-interface revisions. The new GeForce GTX 280 actually compares best with the GeForce 9800 GX2 which has two GeForce 9800 GTX processors on a single card. The GeForce GTX 280 takes over for the GeForce 9800 GTX as Nvidia's latest and most powerful DirectX 10 GPU.
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Nvidia has increased the PC graphics lead one step further with today's release of the first GeForce 200 series GPU, the GeForce GTX 280. The PC still has its greatest advantage, a steady stream of new CPUs and GPUs that ensure that the PC platform's computational power is always several generations ahead of the consoles. Industry heavyweights including Microsoft, Activision, Intel, Nvidia, and AMD have formed the PC Gaming Alliance to reinvigorate PC gaming by making it easier and more accessible to gamers. The current consoles are much stronger competition in this time around, but the PC platform is up to the challenge. The industry is shifting from retail to digital distribution, and the current generation of consoles have adopted many features previously available only on the PC, such as HD graphics and pervasive online multiplayer support. The PC gaming industry is undergoing a transition period, but that isn't slowing down the pace of graphics innovation.