Taipei, Taiwan (Tech Messenger) -- SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, today announced the Calibre P860 HM , P850 HM and P850+ HM Graphic Cards that set a new standard in graphics performance by providing full HDMI supports. With this wonderful HDMI supports, mainstream users now are able to enjoy completely immersive, high-definition gaming and high-quality HD video on their HDTV.
Based on NVIDIA’s next generation G84 and G86 architectures, the Calibre P860 HM , P850 HM and P850+ HM Graphic Cards adopt innovative unified architecture, dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs. Built upon technologies such as NVIDIA Lumenex Engine, providing support for DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0, NVIDIA Quantum Effects technology for physics computation and GigaThread Technology for extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs.
Incorporating the newest NVIDIA GeForce 8 graphics processors, the Calibre P860 HM , P850 HM and P850+ HM Graphic Cards utilize NVIDIA's unified architecture to deliver the fine graphics and visual special effects. With ultra high core speed, shader clock and advanced GDDR3 memory, the Calibre P860 HM , P850 HM and P850+ HM Graphic Cards can deliver vivid character animation and immersive gaming environments for today's DirectX 9 games and future demanding DirectX 10 games, such as Crysis etc.
To deliver HD gaming and video experience on HDTV, the Calibre P860 HM , P850 HM and P850+ HM Graphic Cards are equipped with DVI to HDMI Adapters and SPDIF IN on board. Along with this simple connectivity, the audio/video signals on PC will be correspondingly transmitted to LCD or Plasma TV for users to watch the latest HD DVD or Blu-ray video on HDTV. Also mainstream gamers can experience unprecedented performance, extraordinarily detailed environments, and film quality game effects on their favorite big screen HDTVs.
Thanks to dedicated hardware video processor integrated, the Calibre P860 HM , P850 HM and P850+ HM Graphic Cards can fully take advantage of NVIDIA PureVideo HD VP2 technology to offload 100% of Blu-ray and HD DVD H.264 video decoding from CPU, freeing the CPU for other tasks and significantly reducing power consumption, heat and noise.
To further performance exertion, SPARKLE elaborately design a sub card for the Calibre P860 HM , P850 HM and P850+ HM Graphic Cards. This sub card can show real-time GPU temperature or real-time GPU temperature on 3bit digital tube display. User can manually switch between real-time GPU temperature shown and real-time GPU temperature shown. User can also manually set the temperature unit (℃/℉). Powered by this tiny and helpful tool, user can easily master the working temperature of his Calibre graphic card. The attached sub card reflects SPARKLE's customer-oriented concept.
“The Calibre P860 HM , P850 HM and P850+ HM Graphic Cards are the great achievements with most advance d graphic technology from NVIDIA and elaborate manufacturing from SPARKLE. By incorporated HDMI output functions, the Calibre P860 HM , P850 HM and P850+ HM Graphic Cards surely meet the rigorous demand from pc gamers for playing near future's DirectX 10 games on HDTV. Video enthusiasts also can go shares the convenient HDMI connection for watching H.264 and VC-1 HD video on HDTV."
| Specifications |
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| Model Number | Calibre P860 HM | Calibre P850 HM | Calibre P850+ HM |
| Graphics Processing Unit | GeForce 8600 GT | GeForce 8500 GT | GeForce 8500 GT |
| Core Clock | 630MHz | 650MHz | 650MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1620MHz | 1500MHz | 1440MHz |
| Memory Type | 512MB GDDR3 | 256MB GDDR3 | 512MB GDDR3 |
| Stream Processors | 32 | 16 | 16 |
| Shader Clock | 1386MHz | 1300MHz | 1300MHz |
| Bus Type | PCI-Express 16X |
| DVI-I | Dual DVI-I |
| HDTV | Resolution up to 1920 X 1080i |
| HDCP | Yes |
| HDMI | Yes (Via Adapter) |
Unique Features:
- Better Reliability
High quality components are used for this SPARKLE Calibre graphics card to ensure a lifetime of reliable performance.
- Rigorous Quality Tests
New model SPARKLE Calibre graphics cards are subjected to rigorous quality tests (including burning, dropping and vibration tests) before release to guarantee its performance, even in harsh conditions.
- Environment Friendly Packaging
This product's packaging is conforming to environmental protection regulations.
- Useful and Friendly Accessories
SPARKLE Calibre provides useful and high quality accessories with friendly design.
- Multilingual User's Guide included (9 languages)
SPARKLE Calibre provides the Smart Install setup wizard and installation guide in several languages, including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese. - Graphics Display Port (GDP)
The Calibre graphic card is equipped with a specially designed daughter card, which can show real-time GPU or PCB temperature. - VGA Rectifier Technology (VRT)
The Calibre graphic card set a iron bar on top side of the graphic card to enhances PCB and VGA card shape.
GeForce 8600 GT/8500 GT Features and Benefits:
- HDMI ready
HDCP compliant. Supports standard, enhance and high –definition digital video signals, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. - SPDIF Input
Digitally transferring audio signal from motherboards to graphics card. - NVIDIA® unified architecture
Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs. - GigaThread™ Technology
Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing. - Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 support
World’s first DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects. - NVIDIA® SLI™ technology
Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single graphic cards configuration for unparalleled gaming experiences by allowing two cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express® graphics, SLI technology dramatically scales performance on today’s hottest games. - NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine
Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ULTRA-fast frame rates: 16x Anti-aliasing: Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x sample rates obliterates jagged edges 128-bit floating point High Dynamic-Range(HDR):Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects-now with support for anti-aliasing. - NVIDIA® Quantum Effects™ Technology
Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation enable a new level of physics to be simulated and rendered on the GPU –all white freeing the CPU to run game engine and AI. - NVIDIA® ForceWare® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Delivers a proven record of compatibility reliability and stability with the widest range of games and applications ForceWare provides the best out-of-box experience and delivers continuous performance and feature updates over the life of NVIDIA GeForce GPUs. - OpenGL® 2.0 optimizations and support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications. - NVIDIA® nView® Multi-Display Technology
Advanced technology provides the ultimate in viewing flexibility and control for multiple monitors. - PCI Express support
Designed to run perfectly with the PCI Express bus architecture, which doubles the bandwidth of AGP 8X to deliver over 4 GB/sec. in both upstream and downstream data transfers. - Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displays with ULTRA-high, ergonomic refresh rates –up to 2048x1536@85Hz. - Dual Dual-Link DVI Support
Able to drive industry’s largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600. - Built for Microsoft® Windows Vista™
NVIDIA’s fourth-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista gives users the best possible experience with the Windows Aero 3D graphical user interface. - NVIDIA® PureVideo HD ™ Technology
NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology is the combination of high-definition movie decode acceleration and post-processing, HDCP circuitry, and integration with HD movie players that delivers the ultimate high-definition movie experience on a PC. - Discrete, Programmable Video Processor
NVIDIA PureVideo is a discrete programmable processing core in NVIDIA GPUs that provides superb picture quality and ULTRA-smooth movies with low CPU utilization and power. - Hardware Decode Acceleration
Provides ULTRA-smooth playback of H.264, VC-1, WMV and PEG-2 HD and SD movies. - Spatial-Temporal De-Interlacing
Sharpens HD and standard definition interlaced content on progressive displays, delivering a crisp, clear picture that rivals high-end home-theater systems. - High-Quality Scaling
Enlarges lower resolution movies and videos to HDTV resolutions, up to 1080i, while maintaining a clear, clean image. Also provides downscaling of videos, including high-definition, while preserving image detail. - Inverse Telecine (3:2 & 2:2 Pulldown Correction)
Recovers original film images from films-converted-to-video (DVDs, 1080i HD content), providing more accurate movie playback and superior picture quality. - Bad Edit Correction
When videos are edited after they have been converted from 24 to 25 or 30 frames, the edits can disrupt the normal 3:2 or 2:2 pulldown cadence. PureVideo uses advanced processing techniques to detect poor edits, recover the original content, and display perfect picture detail frame after frame for smooth, natural looking video. - Video Color Correction
NVIDIA's Color Correction Controls, such as Brightness, Contrast and Gamma Correction let you compensate for the different color characteristics of various RGB monitors and TVs ensuring movies are not too dark, overly bright, or washed out regardless of the video format or display type. - Integrated SD and HD TV Output
Provides world-class TV-out functionality via Composite, S-Video, Component, DVI, or HDMI connections. Supports resolutions up to 1080p depending on connection type and TV capability. - HDCP Circuitry
Designed to meet the output protection management (HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, allowing the playback of encrypted movie content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant displays. - HD Movie Player Integration
NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology powers the world's leading HD movie player software applications, providing the optimal HD DVD and Blu-ray movie experience. - Noise Reduction :
Improves movie image quality by removing unwanted artifacts. - Edge Enhancement:
Sharpens movie images by providing higher contrast around lines and object.
About SPARKLE Computer
SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd, established in 1982, is a professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier to mainly provide NVIDIA series VGA card. With its strong R&D ability and investment on both hardware and software, Sparkle is aiming to provide the most price competitive products while with best in class quality and service. Not only launch partner, Sparkle is also one of the certificated vendors of NVIDIA. Currently, SPARKLE products can be found in more than 80 countries and on the web at
www.sparkle.com.tw
