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GIGABYTE Enters Indian Graphics Card Market

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India, 13 October, 2014 — GIGABYTE, world’s leading premium hardware brand, has launched the full range of NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards in India with exclusive distribution partner, INGRAM MICRO. Combined with technical expertise, innovative products, and superb customer service, GIGABYTE is now bringing its top-notch quality products to the market, and providing Indian users the ultimate graphics experience.

Given the significance and an anticipated strong growth in the future, India has been targeted as one of GIGABYTE key markets for graphics cards in the coming years. By cooperating with INGRAM MICRO, the nationwide leader in IT distribution, GIGABYTE graphics cards have become more easily accessible to local users across the country. Speaking about this partnership, Mayank Sharma, country manager of Graphic Card Business Unit at GIGABYTE, said, “As for the rapidly growing emerging market like India, the extensive expertise of INGRAM MICRO will be a fast access for us to enter effectively into the market, and increase our presence in the country. We believe we will receive great results together”.

To ensure customer service is responded in a timely manner, GIGABYTE collaborates with India’s leading integrated IT services provider, Accel Frontline Ltd. All graphics cards have a 3 year carry-in warranty provided by the nearest GIGABYTE Authorized Service Center. For more details, please go to www.gigabyte.in, and find under “Support” the complete list of all the service and collection centers.

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NVIDIA Unveils Full Power of Maxwell GPU Architecture

Making a huge difference in gaming area, NVIDIA introduced GeForce® GTX™ 980 and 970 GPUs which are the first high-end products based on its Maxwell™ chip architecture. Being twice the energy efficient from the previous GTX750Ti and GTX750, the GTX980 and GTX970 deliver unmatched performance and major new graphics capabilities essential for upcoming games.

Maxwell is the company’s 10th-generation GPU architecture, following Kepler™. The engine of next-generation gaming, it solves some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing. Its new Voxel Global Illumination (VXGI) technology enables gaming GPUs for the first time to deliver real-time dynamic global illumination. Scenes are significantly more lifelike as light interacts realistically in the game environment—resulting in deeper vels of immersion for gamers.

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Some of the new advancements include :

  • Multi-Frame sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA)
  • Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR)
  • VR Direct
  • Extremely energy-efficient design

These features enable Maxwell-based GTX 980 and 970 GPUs to render frames with the highest fidelity at higher clock speeds and lower power consumption than their nearest competitor.

Maxwell has been years in the making, inspired by our gamers, and created by the best minds in 3D graphics. Its extraordinary performance, efficiency and technologies will empower developers to do their finest work and delight gamers worldwide.

, said Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA’s co-founder and chief executive officer.

GeForce GTX 980 specifications

(based on base clock)

Graphics Processing Clusters 4
Streaming Multiprocessors 16
CUDA Cores 2048
Texture Units 128
ROP Units 64
Base Clock 1126 MHz
Boost Clock 1216 MHz
Memory Clock (Data rate) 7000 MHz
L2 Cache Size 2048K
Total Video Memory 4096MB GDDR5
Memory Interface 256-bit
Total Memory Bandwidth 224 GB/s
Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear) 144.1 GigaTexels/sec
Fabrication Process 28 nm
Transistor Count 5.2 Billion
Connectors 3 x DisplayPort1 x HDMI

1 x Dual-Link DVI

Form Factor Dual Slot
Power Connectors Two 6-pin
Recommended Power Supply 500 Watts
Thermal Design Power (TDP)1 165 Watts
Thermal Threshold2 95° C

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GeForce GTX 970 specifications

(based on base clock)

Graphics Processing Clusters 4
Streaming Multiprocessors 13
CUDA Cores 1664
Texture Units 104
ROP Units 64
Base Clock 1050 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Memory Clock (Data rate) 7000 MHz
L2 Cache Size 2048K
Total Video Memory 4096MB GDDR5
Memory Interface 256-bit
Total Memory Bandwidth 224 GB/s
Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear) 109.2 GigaTexels/sec
Fabrication Process 28 nm
Transistor Count 5.2 Billion
Connectors 3 x DisplayPort1 x HDMI

1 x Dual-Link DVI

Form Factor Dual Slot
Power Connectors Two 6-pin
Recommended Power Supply 500 Watts
Thermal Design Power (TDP)3 145 Watts
Thermal Threshold4 95° C

VXGI – Voxel Global Illumination

Realistic lighting is among the most challenging problems faced in real-time graphics. Simulating both direct and indirect lighting, such as reflections for dynamic scenes, has to date been too computationally demanding for GPUs beyond those available to professionals. Game developers have been forced to use lighting tricks that compromise scene realism.

Maxwell overcomes these limitations, combining the performance and programmability required to model both direct and indirect light sources. It does so by deploying VXGI, a new NVIDIA technique to accurately depict indirect lighting, including diffuse lighting, specular lighting and reflections.Realistic lighting is among the most challenging problems faced in real-time graphics. Simulating both direct and indirect lighting, such as reflections for dynamic scenes, has to date been too computationally demanding for GPUs beyond those available to professionals. Game developers have been forced to use lighting tricks that compromise scene realism.

VXGI is being added to NVIDIA GameWorks™, the world’s most advanced game graphics library, so developers can build future games with dynamic environments filled with rich, natural lighting and breathtaking realism. It is being integrated into popular games engines like Unreal Engine 4, and will be available to developers later this year.

MFAA – Multi-Frame Sampled Anti-Aliasing

NVIDIA engineers have given the GTX 980 and 970 a further performance boost with a new technique called multi-frame sampled anti-aliasing, which leverages new capabilities in Maxwell GPUs.

MFAA varies the anti-aliasing sample patterns across pixels both within an individual frame and between multiple frames. It then uses a newly developed synthesis filter to produce the best image quality and does so faster than conventional anti-aliasing. For gamers, MFAA yields image quality approaching that of 4xMSAA at the cost of 2xMSAA—enabling titles to run faster while maintaining high levels of image quality.

DSR – Dynamic Super Resolution

The GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 GPUs can deliver a higher fidelity gaming experience even for those playing on standard 1080p displays. With Maxwell’s Dynamic Super Resolution technology, games can be rendered at 4K or other high-end resolutions and then scaled down to the native resolution on the user’s display using a 13-tap Gaussian filter. The resulting image is much higher quality than simply rendering directly to 1080p.

DSR is automatically enabled through GeForce Experience™, an NVIDIA application that automatically optimizes game settings for peak performance, downloads the latest drivers, and enables game streaming and in-game action capture. Gamers can turn on DSR and enjoy high-fidelity gaming with a single click of a button—without having to upgrade their monitor.

VR Direct

To deliver on the immersive potential of virtual reality, games require high frame rates and low latency. VR Direct technology incorporates a number of new features to increase performance, lower latency and increase compatibility for VR headsets. These features include:

  • VR SLI—provides heightened performance on virtual reality devices where multiple GPUs can be assigned a specific eye to render the stereo images faster.
  • Asynchronous Warp—cuts latency in half and quickly adjusts images as gamers move their heads, without the need to re-render new frames.
  • Auto Stereo—improves game compatibility for VR devices, such as Oculus Rift, and allows users to play games on select headsets that weren’t originally designed for VR.

We built Unreal Engine 4 using NVIDIA’s Kepler architecture but the GTX 980 and 970 GPUs, based on the new Maxwell architecture, are the most powerful, efficient GPUs for creating scenes of unprecedented detail across PC and VR experiences right now. Our developers are pushing the graphical high end with Maxwell GPUs.

, said Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO at Epic Games.

Some of the snaps from the launch event :

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Availability and Pricing

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 GPUs are now available in India from the world’s leading add-in card suppliers like ASUS, Galaxy and Zotac. MSRP in India is ₹ 46,000 for GTX980 and ₹28,000 for GTX970.

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Nvidia introduces GTX Battlebox Gaming Rigs in Mumbai

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Nvidia a leading company in GPU and Processor manufacturing has now made something exclusive called Battlebox gaming PC’s. They provide military grade gaming experience and are made for hardcore gamers. The performance and graphics of the Battlebox Rigs is amazing. Recently Nvidia introduced these Battlebox in Mumbai and we had a chance to get hands-on.

Nvidia has partnered with Asus and Cooler master for the hardware present in Battlebox. The look and feel of these machines is totally futuristic and they are easy to setup and customize. These devices are designed in such a way that they can be used for gaming as well as Entertainment purposes. They are powered by GeForce GTX-series GPUs and are designed to offer the best gaming experience: incredible speed, quiet performance – all in a stunningly crafted chassis.

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We have 5 Gaming machines viz. THE TYPHOON JUNIOR, THE TYPHOON SENIOR, THE ENIGMA, THE TITAN JUNIOR and THE TITAN SENIOR with different configurations and specifications which are given in the chart below. All lie in the price range of Rs.40,000 – Rs.1,50,000 which will fit the budget of all types of customers.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX cards also comes loaded with an arsenal of game-changing technologies like the GeForce Experience, ShadowPlay, Game streaming, PhysX®, GPU Boost 2.0, SLI, TXAA™ and 3D vision. This gives the players raw speed and performance to take on new technologies like 4K, and experience the fastest, smoothest and most advanced Battlebox gaming possible. 4K technology provides high definition graphics which makes the gaming experience seems real. See the difference of picture quality in normal HD display and 4K display in the image below.

HD vs 4K

With these Military grade Battlebox Rigs its not Gaming any more, its much more Real experience. I would recommend these next-generation devices for all those who are hardcore gamers and want to have the best experience. We played many high definition games like NFS Rivals, Batman-Arkham Origins, Assassin’s Creed-Black flag and we found the gaming quite intriguing on Battlebox Rigs. With much more high graphics games like GTA 5 and Watch Dogs launching in the near future, you definitely need some high performance devices. So go get your own Battlebox Rig and enjoy gaming to the fullest.

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Nvidia launches Geforce Gtx 750 ti and Gtx 750 based on 1st generation maxwell architecture

With more than 600 million Gamer’s around the globe, which is twice the population of US, Gaming has now become a major trend. With High graphics and more engaging content, gaming industry will grow tremendously in our near future. Nvidia recently contributed in gaming, by launching new Geforce GTX 750 ti and GTX 750 based on 1st generation Maxwell architecture. These new Graphic cards give stunning performance at half the power consumption.

NVIDIA unveils the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Nikhil Kohli, GeForce Business head unveiling GTX 750ti

‘GM107’ was the first Maxwell based GPU designed for notebooks and small form factor PC. GTX 750 Ti is the first graphic card based on GM107 GPU.  GTX 750 Ti delivers gaming experience at 1080p, with an excellent fps and fast streaming. It consumes about 60W of power which is half of what other graphic cards consume. It has compact design of about 5.7 inches and doesn’t require any internal power connector. So gamer’s can easily upgrade their PC, and need not to worry about power supply.

You can see how the GM107(Maxwell) is more advanced than the previous GK107(kepler) GPU.

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GK107(kepler) vs GM107(maxwell) GPU

Because of GM107’s remarkable architectural efficiency, at 1080p resolution a GeForce GTX 750 Ti will frequently match the performance of Nvidia’s flagship GPU from four years ago, the GeForce GTX 480, but with only a 60W TDP, consumes a fourth of the power.

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GTX 750 TI VS GTX 480 (PERFORMANCE)

Based on the above graphs and stats, you can get a clear picture of Maxwell architecture performance against the previous architecture’s. And as GTX 750 Ti is based on Maxwell architecture, it surely is gonna provide you with excellent gaming performance.

Scott Herkelman, general manager of the GeForce business unit at NVIDIA said

“We know that to advance performance, we must advance performance per watt, because every system we design for has a power limit — from supercomputers to PCs to smartphones, That’s why we architected Maxwell to be the most efficient GPU architecture ever built.”

GTX 750 Ti also includes some features like :

  • ShadowPlay™, which lets gamer’s capture and share their gaming experiences on Twitch and other online sites,
  • G-SYNC™(1) display technology, for smooth, stutter-free gaming visuals, and
  • GameStream™, which allows gamer’s to stream their favorite PC games to NVIDIA SHIELD for high-performance gaming on the go.

Tony Tamasi, senior vice president of content and technology at NVIDIA

“NVIDIA understands that delivering a next-gen gaming experience means a lot more than cranking up the clocks, heat and noise just to eke out a few extra frames per second. Our GameWorks technologies, combined with the performance, power efficiency and cool and quiet operation of the GTX 750 Ti and 750, dramatically change the way gamers can play.”

My experience at the launch says that, you should definitely go for the new GTX 750 Ti and GTX 750, as they give amazing graphics experience by consuming half the power. So it’s like the new generation GPU’s which fulfill every aspect. We can expect more overclocked graphic card models from Nvidia based on maxwell architecture, till than stay tuned.

Availability and Pricing

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti and GTX 750 GPUs are now available from the world’s leading add-in card suppliers, including ASUS, Zotac, Galaxy, Gainward and Palit. Pricing is expected to start at 9900 INR for the GTX 750 and 11,990 INR for the GTX 750 Ti.

Some more pictures from the launch :

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