World’s Fastest Notebook GPU Brings DirectX 10 HD Gaming to Mobile Gamers

NVIDIA is pulling out all the stops -- recently introducing the 8800 GT for desktop PCs -- and now announcing the 8800 series for notebooks.

The GPUs are just in time for the holidays; a notebook that can run the likes of BioShock, Unreal Tournament III and Call of Duty 4 will no doubt be on the wishlist of every gamer who spends a lot of time on the road.

Thanks to NVIDIA and the GeForce 8800M GTX and GeForce 8800M GTS -- it will be Christmas time all the way into early 2008 -- and who can blame anyone? Game industry figureheads are sure excited about the new release.

"I am absolutely amazed by the sheer performance of the new GeForce 8800M GTX-powered notebooks," said Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games, creators of the game Unreal Tournament 3 and the Unreal Engine 3 game engine. "These next-gen machines run Unreal Tournament 3 fantastically even at HD resolutions of 1920x1200. I'm ordering one!"

Soon you'll be able to pick up a notebook containing one of these GPUs from many of the leading computer manufacturers in the industry -- including Alienware, Gateway and a host of others. To read more, head over to the NVIDIA press release.

I was also able to come across the 8000M series specs, so head over and take a gander to compare. There aren't any reviews out just yet, but AnandTech promises to have one soon, so be sure to keep an eye out on their website if a notebook packing one of these babies piques your interest.

NVIDIA has removed the NDA on their new G92 chip, and the results of hardware reviews so far are surprising. The chip turned out to be the GT version of the 8800 series, which normally is a cheaper version of the chip (and at the same time, one of the lower performers in the series). Well, they got the cheaper right - it's priced $100 lower than the 8800GTS - at an MSRP of $250. As for performance? It comes very close to the 8800GTX, outperforming it in certain situations.

FPSLabs did a huge 10-page review on the new 8800GT with all the juicy info and benchmarks as examples.

What the review boils down to is that this winter is a great time to get your hands on a low-priced, high-quality graphics card. At $250, the 8800GT will no doubt be a staple in sub-$1000 computer systems. Head over to the FPSLabs hardware review to read more.