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Sparkle Demos Quad-Display GTX 580 GPU, Boothbabe Models Android 3.0 Tablet

Sparkly new GPU and Tablet, powered by Nvidia.

Sparkle had its Calibre X580 Captain video card on display, which has five video outputs (three DisplayPort and two DVI) but can only use four of them to drive four monitors simultaneously. It's not completely official yet, but Sparkle says that it'll be out late June at a price of around $529.

Also on display is the Calibre WHDI, which can stream audio and video from a PC to a display without cable over a wireless connection (WHDI).This product should have a price of $199  when it arrives late September.

Surprising was Sparkle's tablet entry, which it calls the X-Pad. It's powered by a Tegra 2, features a 10.1 inch screen and runs Android Honeycomb. It's got a 5 megapixel camera on the back and a 2 megapixel on the front. From the pictures we can see a decent number of I/O ports, though full functionality of all of them is still unknown. This one is also slated for September.

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icemunk 06/03/2011 4:01 PM
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All Tablets today essentially = Tergra 2, 1GB ram, 16 or 32GB, 5mp camera, 1.3 mp front camera, 7 or 10.1" display... (minus the last generation and cheap sub-$200 entries).

LetUsAdvance 06/03/2011 4:16 PM
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How much for the girl?

misry 06/03/2011 4:33 PM
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LetUsAdvance :
How much for the girl?



Wow. Bet she hasn't heard that for a full 25 seconds.

ekhahniii 06/03/2011 4:58 PM
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^ It's a valid question...

macewrox 06/03/2011 5:02 PM
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MISRy :
Wow. Bet she hasn't heard that for a full 25 seconds.



... How much for the girl?

carlhenry 06/03/2011 5:13 PM
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Girl for the how much?

icemunk 06/03/2011 5:15 PM
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carlhenry :
Girl for the how much?


More than you can afford.

Zeh 06/03/2011 5:21 PM
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I'd buy it.
I meant the girl.

Netherscourge 06/03/2011 5:41 PM
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She's hot and young.

Maybe too young.

Is she legal?

enforcer22 06/03/2011 5:41 PM
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icepick314 06/03/2011 5:51 PM
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can you multi-touch zoom on that?

I meant the tablet....yeah.....the tablet...

Anonymous 06/03/2011 6:05 PM
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i have a sudden urge to click on the arctic cooling article again.....

scook9 06/03/2011 6:11 PM
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Hmmmmm, cute girl, multiple I/O ports with uncertain functionality.....I would review that for you and figure out the nuances!

malmental 06/03/2011 6:32 PM
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I'm still not buying sparkle..
how much for the girl...:D ?

f-14 06/03/2011 6:55 PM
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how much for the girl? that's easy email sparkle, they know her price.
i can tell the week end has arrived -.-

ikyung 06/03/2011 7:15 PM
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I'm a nerd, but the nerdiness of the above comments makes me feel like a jock.

Zingam 06/03/2011 7:40 PM
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scook9 :
Hmmmmm, cute girl, multiple I/O ports with uncertain functionality.....I would review that for you and figure out the nuances!



The functionality is quite well known and understood but it is not for minors. So all minors, please, leave!

bswango 06/03/2011 7:44 PM
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Anybody find out how much the chick costs yet?

-- Brian

wishmaster12 06/03/2011 8:05 PM
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i'd take the girl over the nvidia, the girl wouldnt give me a headache.

quickmana 06/03/2011 8:10 PM
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Netherscourge :
Is she legal?


No man you can tell by the look in her eyes she knows how to party.

Anonymous 06/03/2011 8:10 PM
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@wishmaster12

no, but chances are if you try a go at the girl she may complain of having a head ache ;p

malmental 06/03/2011 8:20 PM
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but can she game..?!
and not WOW either, a real game... LOL

bswango 06/04/2011 1:07 AM
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quickmana :
No man you can tell by the look in her eyes she knows how to party.



You aren't married are you?

-- Brian

eddieroolz 06/04/2011 7:10 AM
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Aw, I liked the booth babe from previous day's news...

davekozy 06/04/2011 8:04 AM
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But can she play Crysis?

davekozy 06/04/2011 8:06 AM
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How is it possible to have 4 video outs on a 580? I thought 2 monitors per GPU is a hardware limitation for Nvidia cards.

neblix 06/05/2011 9:04 PM
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davekozy :
How is it possible to have 4 video outs on a 580? I thought 2 monitors per GPU is a hardware limitation for Nvidia cards.



My regular EVGA GTX 460 1GB has 3 video outs...

malmental 06/05/2011 10:44 PM
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neblix wrote :

My regular EVGA GTX 460 1GB has 3 video outs...



OK, but does it run three monitors....
no.
if it does, it's not in wide screen like AMD's Eyefinity..

Anonymous 06/06/2011 12:23 PM
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for mcuh how the gril?

fir_ser 06/06/2011 10:51 PM
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Cool stuff from Sparkle.

dalauder 06/08/2011 1:31 AM
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It seems a like a GTX580 with 4 simultaneous outlets should've garnered some attention. But they had to throw the boothbabe in (even in the title)! Sigh...at least it's good to look at.

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