Sparkle Announces GeForce GT 240 with Free 3D Vision Discoverer Bundle

btarunr · Mar 4, 2010, 11:39 AM

SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, today announced the full range of GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 OC Edition Series Graphics Cards, including SPARKLE GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 OC Edition Graphics Cards and Calibre X240/X240G Graphics Cards, which are bundled 3D Vision with Power Pack for free, helping mainstream users to surpass the demands of the digital world with NVIDIA PhysX and stereoscopic 3D supports.

Compared with ordinary GeForce GT 240 graphics cards on market, SPARKLE GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 OC Edition Series Graphics Cards and Calibre X240/X240G Graphics Cards are overclocked out of box. Extremely upgrade the performance and take enthusiasts DirectX 10 and DirectX 10.1 gaming beyond HD. With the power of the overclocked GPUs, it places gamers in the center of the action and experience true gaming cinema in extreme HD (2560x1600) resolutions—all enabled by the the SPARKLE GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 OC Edition Series Graphics Cards and Calibre X240/X240G Graphics Cards,and incredible performance in the latest games including Bioshock2, Alien VS Predator, and Dirt2. With the powerful OC features, the SPARKLE GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 OC Edition Series Graphics Cards and Calibre X240/X240G Graphics Cards tear through complex DirectX 10 and DirectX 10.1 environments and cinematic effects at blazing frame rates in extreme HD resolutions.

The SPARKLE GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 OC Edition Series Graphics Cards and Calibre X240/X240G Graphics Cards support NVIDIA 3D Vision technology, bringing a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC. The SPARKLE GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 OC Edition Series Graphics Cards and Calibre X240/X240G Graphics Cards are bundled with 3D Vision with Power Pack,which is a combination of 3D Vision discover glasses and advanced software and brings more value-added to users , it includes:

Custom-designed, specialized anaglyph (red/cyan) glasses
NVIDIA software to transform over 350 standard PC games into full 3D
NVIDIA 3D Movie and Video player software, along with free downloads of 3D movies, pictures, and game previews directly to your PC
Four Free Games for all SPARKLE customers: Portal,Half-life2eath Match, Half-life 2:Lost Coast and Peggle Extreme

caleb · Mar 4, 2010, 12:05 PM

Which word doesn't fit ?
Blazing FPS
GT240
Bioshock2
HD resolution

Initialised · Mar 4, 2010, 12:10 PM

"Extremely upgrade the performance and take enthusiasts DirectX 10 and DirectX 10.1 gaming beyond HD."

You'd be lucky to get to HD resolutions with playable framerates on a 240.

Fourstaff · Mar 4, 2010, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caleb

Which word doesn't fit ?
Blazing FPS
GT240
Bioshock2
HD resolution

I know, I know! Bioshock 2 is not in HD and does not have Blazing Fps with GT240! Surely Bioshock is the odd one out!

TheLostSwede · Mar 4, 2010, 02:02 PM

Wow, you get a "free" set of $1 paper red/blue "3D" glasses with your graphics card, isn't that kind of them...
Got a pair of Nvidia ones knocking around somewhere already...

Frick · Mar 4, 2010, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Initialised

"Extremely upgrade the performance and take enthusiasts DirectX 10 and DirectX 10.1 gaming beyond HD."

Is that sentence correct btw?

Polarman · Mar 4, 2010, 09:12 PM

I'd like to try out those glasses with Trackmania.

SetsunaFZero · Mar 4, 2010, 10:33 PM

Is that 3D Vision stuff rly so awesome :?
I have seen reviews but haven't tested it myself.

TheLostSwede · Mar 5, 2010, 12:44 PM

As long as you're not sensitive to motion sickness it's ok

DigitalUK · Mar 5, 2010, 09:24 PM

i got to test a pair of the nvidia 3d glasses they are excellent (as long as you have 120hz monitor) the glasses and decent setup , theres no funny colors and double vision, cod with a sniper rifle was loads of fun

normal paper 3d glasses with 3d discovery are pretty good as well specially with games like batman aa (works alot better than watching those 3d movies on tv with paper glasses). plus its cheap and abit of fun to play with.

Completely Bonkers · Mar 5, 2010, 10:24 PM

I'm a bit confused:

Did they bundle the REAL 3D vision glasses... in which case this is a fantastic offer, OR

Did they bundle a pair of paper red/greenovisions... in which case this is laughable

Quote:

Originally Posted by SetsunaFZero

Is that 3D Vision stuff rly so awesome :?
I have seen reviews but haven't tested it myself.

Yes, the real 3D vision glasses on a 120Hz monitor are amazing. Like me, you probably think it is all hype and BS, but no, test them, you will be amazed just like I was. (It was a need for speed demo that I saw, not necessarily the best game, but the 3D really was impressive)

SetsunaFZero · Mar 5, 2010, 10:26 PM

paper glasses for sure

Depth · Mar 7, 2010, 02:31 AM

Yeah, 3D Vision Discover is the retro blue-red glasses, glasses you can buy anywhere. The drivers that split the image can be downloaded for free from NVidia. This bundle is garbage.

SetsunaFZero · Mar 7, 2010, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Depth

Yeah, 3D Vision Discover is the retro blue-red glasses, glasses you can buy anywhere. The drivers that split the image can be downloaded for free from NVidia. This bundle is garbage.

woot and i wanted to bay these 3D Vision glasses

paper glasses u say work well too hmm... need one xD

Meizuman · Mar 9, 2010, 03:25 AM

I bet those glasses are not compatible with Ati cards...

[/sarcasm]

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TheLostSwede Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: A little green island far far away Posts: 843 (0.27/day) Thanks: 16 Thanked 152 Times in 113 Posts System Specs	As long as you're not sensitive to motion sickness it's ok

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