NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT GPU Announced

NVIDIA Corporation today announced the notebook-use GeForce 8700M GT graphics processing unit (GPU), designed for gaming and high-definition multimedia content playback.

As well as the entire GeForce 8M Series laptop GPU lineup, the high-end GeForce 8700M GT supports DirectX 10 games, so the video card is compatible with the recently released DX10 version of Company of Heroes, and with upcoming highly anticipated Crysis from Crytek and Lost Planet from Capcom.

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT also privdes “stellar HD DVD and Blu-ray video playback”. The new video-processing engine in this GPU performs 100% of the H.264 HD video decoding, freeing the CPU for other tasks and significantly reducing power consumption, heat and noise, according to graphics chip maker. For further power saving, there is NVIDIA PowerMizer technology that balances notebook’s battery life and performance.

The GeForce 8700M GT GPU is expected to be used in laptops from Toshiba, Sager, Prostar, Eurocom, Biohazard, Connoiseur, Cybersystem, Hypersonic, MALIBAL, Multirama, rock, Evesham, Falcon Northwest, Plaisio, XS2, Nexoc, Hyrican, Vigor Gaming, Voodoo PC, and many others.