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ASUS Launches the World’s Fastest Graphics Card

Enjoy 11% Engine Clock Boosts with ASUS EN9800GX2 TOP/2DI/1G

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ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era. With a global staff of more than 8000 and a world-class R&D design team, the turnover for 2007 was 6.9 billion U.S. Dollars. ASUS has been ranked in Business Week InfoTech 100 for 10 consecutive years, and has been ranked No.1 by the Wall Street Journal Asia for best quality products in Taiwan...



Catering to users who require the epitome of graphical solutions, ASUS, producer of top quality graphic solutions has today introduced the overclocking version of the latest generation of NVIDIA GPUs – the Dual GeForce 9800 GPUs, with the ASUS EN9800GX2 TOP/2DI/1G. This astounding piece of hardware will provide true-to-life extreme HD gaming and picture-perfect HD movie playback; and is also the fastest graphics card available bar-none, with 11% engine clock improvements over standard graphic card variants, and up to 50% faster speeds than the GeForce 8800 Ultra. Additionally, the integrated SmartDoctor feature will allow users to overclock the Shader Clock for even better graphical performances; and the
ASUS EN9800GX2 TOP will also come bundled with the hottest DX10 game, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts.

The World's Fastest Graphics Solution
The ASUS EN9800GX2 TOP features a 1GB framebuffer, and gamers can expect core, shader, and memory clock performance boosts from 600MHz up to 670MHz, 1500MHz up to 1675MHz, and from 2GHz up to 2.13GHz respectively. This generates an astounding 3DMark06 score of 16936 and provides an astonishing 11% improvement in terms of core performance when compared to any other reference designed board*. It is also designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture – which offers the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications; while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI Express motherboards.

Exclusive ASUS GamerOSD for Versatile Graphics Usage
The ASUS EN9800GX2 TOP also comes with the exclusive ASUS GamerOSD that unleashes the true power of ASUS’ VGA cards. This feature is able to deliver GPU overclocking from onscreen displays during gameplay – allowing users real-time performance upgrades when they require it. Additionally, it also provides users with the option to record live gaming action or live broadcasting over the Internet with ease.

Overclock the Shader Clock with New SmartDoctor
ASUS’ world exclusive technology provides users with the ability to tweak the Shader Clock on GPUs with the new SmartDoctor. With this overclocking utility, users will be able to overclock the Shader Clock and Engine Clock independently for astonishing performance boosts without the hassles of rebooting or re-flashing their BIOS**.

Hottest DX10 Game Bundle: Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is the new chapter in the highest-rated strategy game series that delivers an unprecedented level of game realism. Through superb lighting effects, mission persistence, improved vehicle and soldier AI, enhanced physics and a dynamic weather system, this game sets new standards in visual realism for the RTS franchise. With the powerful performance of the ASUS EN9800GX2 TOP/G/2DI/1G, gamers will be able to enjoy the full graphical splendor of what the game can truly offer.

Note:

* Performance Configuration
PCI-Express 16X :
MB: P5B Deluxe REV:1.03G BIOS:0804
CPU : P4-2.66 GHz/8M Kentsfield-1066
Memory : 2048MB( DDR2-Transcend TS128MLQ64V8J 1024M*2)
HDD : WD WD1600JS
DVD-ROM : ASUS DVD-E616P3

Overclocking capabilities may vary when using different cards

**The shader clock overclocking function is supported by all ASUS EN8x and EN9x Series graphics cards


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•PCB color and bundled software versions are subject to change without notice
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The 9800GX2 has been out for a while, do you work for Asus or something?

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