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ASUSTeK Computer (ASUS) has introduced new boards based on nVidia’s top-end GPUs. The EN7900 series graphics cards include the EN7900GT (£200), EN7900GT Top (£221), and EN7900GTX (£345).

All the cards are built for Windows Vista and incorporated newest generation of nVidia’s GeForce7900 series GPUs with fastest DDR3 capable of overall clock speeds of up to 1.6GHz in the top model, while still harnessing the benefit of overclocking to achieve unparalleled performance.

The ASUS engineering division outfitted the EN7900GT series with advanced heat pipe and memory cover designs, while equipping latest exclusive ASUS innovations such as Splendid, Gameface Messenger, Game LiveShow, Game Reply, and Video SecurityOnline to fully take advantage of the EN7900GT Series’ power. Furthermore, the cards also come bundled with Peter Jackson’s King Kong: the Full Edition Official Game of the Movie, which is a shame - it’s naff!

To offer stable operation to go with robust performance, the EN7900GT TOP specifically adopted heat dissipating pipes to sustain maximum GPU capacity. Taking a step further, the efficient cooling design included memory covers to permit heat transfer directly from memory chipsets onto the heatpipes for faster and more reliable performance.

The dedicated heatpipe is affixed onto the GPU with memory mounting pads that absorb heat away from the GPU and memory chips during operation. Effectively diffusing the heat by the enclosed fan, the result is a graphics card with unrivaled performance for ultimate video quality connoisseurs.

Apart from hardware ingenuity, the EN7900GT TOP offers overclocking ability to satisfy hardcore gamers and provide top-shelf graphics quality. Capable of supporting high definition TV output and delivering industry’s fastest anti-aliasing for ultra-realistic visuals, the EN7900GT TOP adopted Microsoft DirectX9.0 Shader model 3.0 to enable stunning and complex special effects.

Video Security Online provides various security-monitoring features. Aside from basic recording functions, users can also specify a particular surveillance area for motion detection. When unauthorised visitors are detected in the defined area, the feature raises an alarm, records a video or takes snapshots and saves it on the hard drive. Video Security further streams real-time video to a web browser, enabling monitoring from a remote location. A warning message system to preprogrammed recipients via email, handset text message or Skype is available as well.

OnScreen Display (OSD) is the world’s first PC game display controller for adjusting brightness, contrast and gamma value without leaving the game or changing monitor hardware settings. Simply activate OSD using predefined hot keys and tune image quality during games.

The EN7900GTX/2DHT/512M is based on an GeForce 7900GTX graphics engine, 512MB DDR3, 650MHz engine clock, 1.6GHz (DDR3) memory clock, and 400MHz RAMDAC. It also offers dual DVI-I adaptors, S-Video and composite with HDTV support.

The EN7900GT/2DHT/256M and EN7900GT TOP/2DHT/256M are based on nVidia’s GeForce 7900GT, 256MB DDR3, 450MHz/520MHz (EN7900GT TOP/2DHT) engine clock, and 400MHz RAMDAC. They both come with dual DVI-I adaptors, S-Video and composite with HDTV support.

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