DIGITIMES daily IT news
DIGITIMES Tech Forum (DTF) 2009 Annual Plan
PRINT Back Back twice
Albatron unveils GeForce 8-series graphics cards for PCI slots
Press release, July 11; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Friday 11 July 2008]

Albatron Technology has unveiled three new Nvidia GeForce 8-series graphics cards that use the practically outdated PCI slot. While the appeal of the PCI8600GT-256X, the PCI8500GT-256X and the PCI8400GS-256 may not be obvious for anyone who has a PCI Express or even AGP slot on their motherboard, there are still quite a few systems (particularly small form factor or HTPC ones) where expansion options are limited, creating an niche market for these cards.

The graphics cards are all low profile designs allowing them to fit in smaller cases such as HTPC design that try to match the form factor of tradition consumer electronics devices.

Of the three versions, the PCI8600GT and PCI8500GT models adopt faster DDR3 memory and also feature HDMI connectors for higher quality output, highlighted the Albatron.

Albatron PCI port-based GeForce 8 series graphics card

Albatron PCI port-based GeForce 8-series graphics card
Photo: Company

Related stories:

Albatron announces mini-ITX motherboard supporting AM2+ CPUs (Oct 6)

Albatron unveils mini tablet PC with touch screen (Aug 25)

Albatron announces 9600GT-512X graphics card (Feb 22)

Albatron unveils GeForce 8800GTS card (Dec 13)

Albatron announces Nvidia GeForce 8800GT graphics card (Oct 30)


 
© DIGITIMES Inc. All rights reserved.
Please do not republish, publicly broadcast or publicly transmit content from this website without written permission from DIGITIMES Inc. Please contact us if you have any questions.