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Цитата: NVIDIA Primed for Microsoft DirectX 9.0
Highly Anticipated GeForce FX GPU and New API Combine to Deliver Cinematic Computing
For further information, contact:
Brian Burke
NVIDIA Corporation
(512) 401-4385
bburke@nvidia.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
SANTA CLARA, CA—DECEMBER 19, 2002—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today announced that the new NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX and NVIDIA Quadro® graphics processing units (GPUs) are compatible and compliant with the Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 application programming interface (API). DirectX 9.0, the latest version of Microsoft’s suite of multimedia application programming interfaces, offers advances in graphic technology that will make it significantly easier for game developers to create 3D immersive titles. When that content is played back on NVIDIA GeForce FX GPUs, the result will be visually stunning 3D worlds and life-like characters.
“NVIDIA and Microsoft are striving for the common goal of enabling game developers to create theater-quality, Hollywood-style cinematic effects for desktop PC games and applications,” said Dan Vivoli, vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. “DirectX 9.0 API and the GeForce FX GPU combine to create the most significant advancement in achieving that goal in almost a decade.”
“DirectX 9.0, the standard in development platforms, combined with hardware technology of the GeForce FX reduces the workload for developers and ultimately helps deliver cinematic-quality Windows-based games,” said Dean Lester, general manager of Windows Graphics and Gaming Technologies at Microsoft Corporation. “Developers now have the ability to render stunning visual effects within software applications by using DirectX 9.0 vertex shader and pixel shaders in the GeForce FX.”
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 is an advanced suite of multimedia APIs built directly into Microsoft Windows operating systems. DirectX provides a standard development platform for Windows-based PCs by enabling software developers to create their newest, most innovative titles. NVIDIA’s Detonator™ software driver, the industry’s only true Unified Driver Architecture (UDA), will enable DirectX 9.0 compatibility for all NVIDIA GPUs.
Introduced at Fall Comdex 2002, the NVIDIA GeForce FX GPU is the industry’s first GPU to deliver real-time, cinematic quality graphics and special effects on the desktop PC. Featuring the NVIDIA CineFX™ engine and support for high-level programming languages, the GeForce FX GPU delivers visual effects on par with the hottest motion pictures. Packing nearly twice the number of transistors as previous NVIDIA GPUs, the GeForce FX GPU also utilizes the industry’s most advanced 0.13 micron manufacturing process and incorporates support for the latest high-speed DDR2 memories, AGP 8X, and NVIDIA Intellisample™ technology, enabling developers to create compelling content of unrivaled beauty, running at unmatched speeds. |
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Всего записей: 9967 | Зарегистр. 29-05-2002 | Отправлено: 23:16 21-12-2002 | Исправлено: Demetrio, 23:17 21-12-2002 |
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