Nvidia expands holiday lineup with 6800 GS graphics processor

Santa Clara (CA) - While we are still waiting for the general availability of most of ATI's recently announced X1000 graphics chip family, Nvidia is bolstering its holiday portfolio. Today, the company announced the 6800 GS, a new GPU that aims to compete with what is expected to be ATI's most bang for the buck - the X1600 XT.

The new chip is based on the last generation 130 nm 6800 processor, but, according to Nvidia, will deliver enough performance to run the latest generation of games, which include Age of Empires III, Call of Duty 2, and Quake 4. Integrated technologies cover Shader Model 3, high-dynamic range and support for SLI dual-graphics.

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