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| Page 1 of 1 | Author: Hardware One
Date of review: 27-April-2000
Type Of Review: Press |
Hercules Expands Its Award-Winning Family With New 3D Prophet II GTS
New GeForce2 GTS-based Board Delivers Blazing Performance and Per-Pixel Shading to Gaming Enthusiasts
MONTREAL, April 26, 2000 - Hercules is excited to introduce its latest in their range of cutting-edge graphics boards: the 3D Prophet II GTS. The exciting new 3D Prophet II GTS boards, which will be available in 32MB and 64MB versions and include TV-out, are based on NVIDIA's latest GPU - the GeForce2 GTS(tm).
"The new Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS graphics boards have been carefully crafted with hardcore gamers in mind to offer all the latest technological innovations," says Alain Pakiry, Executive Vice President. " Hercules guarantees no compromise with it's cards - once again we offer the best and hottest features - providing unsurpassed quality in 3D graphics."
Hercules is using the latest in groundbreaking technologies for this new line of graphics cards. These specific designs were developed to take advantage of the new 3D graphics features programmed into the current and upcoming games. 3D Prophet II GTS cards will provide features including a 2nd generation hardware transform and lighting engine, 100% hardware triangle setup, four dual-texturing pipelines mapping, eight texels per clock cycle and the NVIDIATM Shading Rasterizer (NSR) which offers per-pixel shading features for rich, lifelike and cinematic effects. The cards also feature DDR-RAM (200 MHz core clock / 333 MHz DDR RAM clock) resulting in intense speed and a dazzling 1.6 GigaTexels per second and amazingly fast clock speeds which means unbeatable refresh rates for top-quality visuals.
The 3D Prophet II GTS will provide advanced High Definition Video Processor (HDPV), which delivers the highest quality playback for DVD and HDTV.
Availability
The 3D Prophet II GTS will be available at Babbages Etc, Best Buy, CompUSA, Electronics Boutique, Fry's Electronics and Future Shop.
Hercules Division
Hercules is a division of Guillemot Corporation has become a pre-eminent worldwide player in the interactive hardware and accessories market. Founded in 1984, the group develops, manufactures and distributes PC and console peripherals, providing the highest quality products for gamers and music enthusiasts worldwide. Guillemot is also proud to provide Ferrari and NASCAR officially licensed products as part of their accessories line.
Guillemot Corporation is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, Sicovam code 6672, and is currently present in 10 countries, distributing its products in a total of 35 countries.
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