NVIDIA nTeresting Newsletter - 17 August 2012

In this Issue:

· The new GeForce GTX 660 Ti proves to be the best you can buy for under 300 bucks.

· One Verge writer is all about Windows 8.

· Crysis 3 looks phenomenal.

Gamers Get A New Best Weapon

This week, NVIDIA continued the Kepler juggernaut, delivering dramatically improved levels of price-performance, power efficiency and whisper-quiet operation for PC gamers.

""The GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB card continues the trend of dominating GPU releases from NVIDIA. The card is able to not only wipe the floor with the HD 7870 for $30 more, it can hit above its class too competing with the Radeon HD 7950 3GB card, even with the new Boosted BIOS for $50 less. "

The latest addition to our Kepler line up of GPUs is the GeForce GTX 660 Ti.

"The Kepler architecture has proven to be very power efficient, and that goodness extends to its latest derivative."

It starts at a sweet $299.

"The GeForce GTX 660 Ti is, today, the best option if you have USD 300 to spend on a video card."

And it is punching way out of its weight class at that price.

"I would say that the 660 Ti launch is similar to the 8800 GT launch back in 2007. You are purchasing a card that far outperforms its price."

In addition, all authorized board partners in Europe and U.S. are giving away a free copy of the upcoming PC game Borderlands 2 and it looks great with PhysX as you can see in this video. The promotion is through our network of e-tailers, including Newegg, Tiger Direct, Amazon, NCIX and others.

Our new GeForce GTX 660 Ti is the ideal combination of performance, price and power efficiency for gamers who want all of the key new features found in the GTX 680, but in a more affordable package. It has already received awards from HardOCP, Hot Hardware, Legit Reviews, PC Perspective, Tech Report and others.

Bullish on Windows 8

The folks at the Verge have had a taste of Windows 8. Reviews Editor David Peirce has been using Windows 8 for months, beginning with the Consumer Preview that was announced at Mobile World Congress in February. He has seen it get better and better.

"Using Windows 8 is like living in a house made out of internet."

That sounds like an OS created with an eye on the future

"Ultimately, that's what I love about Windows 8: without losing any power or capability, it added a ton of the features I love about my phone, from full-screen optimized apps to pretty interfaces to lots of glanceable content. I don't need to spend all my time bouncing between a dozen different apps, because so much information is already surfaced for me."

We are excited about Windows 8, too.

Crysis 3, OMG!

The folks at Crytek have released a Crysis 3 game play video and it looks killer!