Calibre X240/X240G Graphics Cards

SPARKLE Proudly Announced Calibre X240/X240G Graphics Cards
With Dual-Layer Fan blades Cooling System

Taipei, Taiwan – February 10, 2010 - SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, today proudly announced the new Calibre X240/X240G graphics cards with dual-layer fan blades cooling system , providing incredible DX10.1 3D performance to mainstream users plus better cooling effects.

Specification
Model Number	Calibre X240/X240G
Graphics Processing Unit	GeForce GT 240
Core Clock	630MHz
Memory Clock	3600MHz
Memory Type	512MB GDDR5 / 1GB GDDR5
Memory Interface	128-bit
Stream Processors	96
Stream Processors Clock	1677MHz
Bus Type	PCI-Express 2.0
RAMDAC	400 MHz
Outputs	HDMI+CRT+DVI

Triple Strengths to Build Calibre Dual-layer Fan Blades Cooling System to Bring Extreme Cooling
SPARKLE breaks restraints of traditional conception, bringing the Calibre dual-layer fan blades cooling system . The Calibre dual-layer fan blades cooling system has several amazing features for DIY players:

The First Strength - Equipped Elaborately Made Dual-layer Fan Blades Cooling System to Increases The Airflow And Air pressure Which Provides Greatly Increased Cooling Efficiency.
At present, the general use of graphics on the combination of ordinary fans and heat sinks to remove heat from GPU. However, the average fan design constraints of the effective radiating area, so that heat dissipation area is limited to the external heat sink, while in most in need of cooling, and GPU core part of the formation of a thermal blind spots.

Now, Calibre X240/X240G graphics cards dual-layer fan cooling system uses two-tier design, will be two different colors, different levels of blades into a single body, compared with the single-layer fan blades, can produce an unusually strong the amount of wind pressure and wind, bringing double cooling efficiency, cooling fan to eliminate the traditional graphics generated by thermal blind spots.

The Second Strength - Extend the Blades Length to 9 cm, 1cm Longer Than Ordinary Fans' Blades, Bringing More Powerful Air Pressure.
The Calibre X240/X240G features longer fan blades and larger airflow and air pressure. The fan diameter of the Calibre dual-layer fan blades cooling system is 9cm, 1cm longer than the ordinary diameter of heatsink/fan combination.

The Third Strength - Reversely Rotate 30 Seconds To Effectively Remove The Dust Inside The Fan
The Calibre dual-layer fan blades cooling system can act as clean expert for the Calibre X240/X240G graphics cards. When the computer starts, in the first 30 seconds, the fan will rotate clockwise. After 30 seconds, it will rotate anticlockwise. The purpose is to use the powerful of the dual-layer fans to take the dust away from the internal parts of the cooling system, to prevent dust accumulation, making the graphics card even more clean and tidy and improving the sanitary conditions inside the chassis to extend the graphics card's life. The onboard red/green LED lights remind the user of the fan working condition, the red light means the fan rotates anticlockwise, the green light means the fan rotates clockwise.

19% Performance Upgrade Compared with GeForce GT240 Reference Version
Calibre X240/X240G inherited the high performance blood of Calibre family. Comprehensive enhance the performance of GeForce GT240 reference card to bring users the extreme capability experience.

Test Station: Mainboard : Intel X58
CPU :Intel i7 920 2.66GHz 12M/L2
System Memory : 1G*3 DDRII/1333MHz Dual Channel
OS : Windows Vista 32bit


	Latest 40nm Chip Process Taking the performance increase into account, Calire X240/X240G Graphics Cards features 40nm chip process from TSMC, this new process let Calire X240/X240G Graphics Cards to be the first batch graphics cards on market to adopt the NVIDIA new 40nm graphics chip. Thanks to advanced 40nm process, now It features much higher transistor density than before, bringing a greater number of stream processors than its predecessor.

	Large-capacity 1GB GDDR5 Video Memory Today‘s game, such as Crysis, Alone in the Dark 5, Stalker: clear sky, they normally use a large number of bump texture, transparent texture to describe faces of characters and render realistic gaming scenes, so these games put higher demands on the capacities of video memory. The current situation demands at least 512 MB video memory to run these games. The Calibre X240/X240G graphics cards with dual-layer fan blades cooling system come with incredible large 512MB/1GB GDDR5 high speed video memory can let users to pass the 3DMark Vantage High Test which strictly demand at least 512MB video memory, providing much more detail information to mainstream users for better understanding its graphics capability.

	All-Solid-Capacitor Design The capacitors are key factor of power supply on the system and it has great impact on system stability. At present, solid capacitors and electrolytic capacitors both store electricity and discharge it when needed. According to factual test, any operation under high frequency and temperature, solid capacitors are able to supply more stable current than electrolytic capacitors and strengthen longer lifespan. Solid capacitors contain zero risk of leaking or exploding. The Calibre X240/X240G graphics cards with dual-layer fan blades cooling system use all solid capacitor as a true factor of products quality.

	Native HDMI Support With native HDMI support on PCB, the Calibre X240/X240G graphics cards with dual-layer fan blades cooling system passed the rigorous HDMI ATC certification tests in High-Definition Media Interface Authorized testing center, they can deliver gorgeous HD gaming audio and video to HDTV in the living room through one single cable, provide more convenience to video enthusiasts to watch HD videos on their HDTV.

	Experience Vivid DX10.1 Graphics Experience the vivid DX10.1 gaming graphics at fluent frame rates, or go beyond traditional 3D graphics and experience GPU-accelerated NVIDIA® PhysX™ gaming effects, Stereoscopic 3D, and lightning fast video and image processing. All you need is the Calire X240/X240G Graphics Cards with full DirectX 10.1 and full Shader Model 4.1 support, delivering unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.

	Calibre 3-years International Warranty SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd, is continuously improving product and service quality. High quality components are used for the Calibre X240/X240G graphics cards with dual-layer fan blades cooling system to ensure 3 years of reliable performance.

	NVIDIA 3D Vision Support The Calibre X240/X240G Graphics Cards support NVIDIA 3D Vision technology, bringing a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC. A combination of 3D Vision discover glasses and advanced software, 3D Vision transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D. In addition, users can watch 3D movies and 3D digital photographs in eye popping, in crystal clear quality.