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PC gamers with a NVIDIA card in their machine can get their hands on a free taste of critics-choice Portal by heading over to Steam. Too easy.

So you probably thought that the announcement of being able to run three cards in SLI would mean a respectable frame rate when playing Crysis on maxed out graphics – think again. PC Games Hardware built a system containing three NVIDIA 8800 Ultras and it only managed to pump out a measly 37.9FPS. Thats over US$1800 worth of graphics cards and they only had 1X anti aliasing and anisotropic filtering on!

At this stage you may have several questions running through your mind: Is this game broken? How the hell did they even develop it? How many years until we have hardware that can run it at 60FPS? Could God create a game so system hoggy that not even he could play it? Probably not but Crytek have managed to.

Check after the jump for benchmark figures.

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NVIDIA has extended its SLI technology, allowing up to three GeForce graphics cards to be used in one machine - delivering up to 2.8 times the performance of a single GPU system.

If you’ve ever wanted to run Crysis at 2560×1600 with 8x AA and all the DirectX 10 effects enabled, this is the way to do it - although it’ll cost you a pretty penny. You’ll need a NVIDIA nForce 850 SLI MCP motherboard to start, then three GeForce 8800 GTX or 8800 Ultra cards to get the ultimate money-is-no-object gaming rig.

Check www.slizone.com for a list of 3-way SLI certified components.

NVIDIA have released their 8800 GTS 512MB, a second revision of their 8800 GTS line. The card relies on 65nm technology to run cooler than ever, and packs 25% more power than the previous GTS. Unfortunately, benchmarks aren’t as impressive as many suspected they would be. The 8800 GTS 512MB comes close, but does not beat its older, bigger brother the 8800 GTX in an unoverclocked state. The GTS’s benefit over the GTX is a low price of US$299 and the built-in HD movie processing that takes virtually all of the work away from your CPU when watching high-definition content.

via gamesindustry.biz

Those coveting the NVIDIA Geforce 9 series cards will have to squirm a little longer, because the first of the cards will not be launched until February 2008. What we know is that the first card released will be the high-end D9E featuring a 65nm processor, DirectX 10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 support. The mid-range D9P that will feature a 55nm chip is still a long way off and is expected in June.

For those who need the best but can’t stand the wait, revision 2 of the 8800 GTS is expected out on the 11th of December.

via Engadget

NVIDIA today announced two new notebook GPUs - the GeForce 8800M GTX and GeForce 8800M GTS. With support for DirectX 9 and DirectX 10, the 8M Series is perfect for gamers who crave a portable machine capable of running system-melters like Crysis at high resolutions.

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Before you go out to update your system because you saw the requirements of Crysis, stop and read this. Nvidia have just released their single slot cooled 8800 GT card that outperforms the rest of the line, except the 8800 GTX and Ultra. Yes, it performs better than its intended superior, the 8800 GTS.

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