MSI announces the most powerful member of the nVidia GeForce family: the MSI NX6800Ultra T2D256 graphic card, with 256 MB GDDR3 memory at clock speeds up to 1100 MHz. The MSI NX6800Ultra T2D256 - based on the long-expected NV40 GPU from nVidia - takes the MSI graphic card performance to a higher level. MSI NX6800Ultra T2D256 supports DirectX 9.0 and also the newest technologies from nVidia are implemented.

Other highlights of this 16-pipeline gaming monster are a resolution up to 2048 x 1536@85 Hz, Anisotropic Filtering modes up to 16x and support for HDTV (High Definition Television). Thanks to MSI's silent ULTRA Copper Cooling technology this graphic card runs at a low GPU temperature and still is a single slot solution. MSI NX6800 Ultra T2D256 comes with a new exclusive game bundle including full versions of "Prince of Persia: The sands of time", "URU" and "XIII".

nVidia IntelliSample 3.0 Technology

MSI NX6800Ultra T2D256 takes advantage of the nVidia IntelliSample 3.0 high-resolution compression technology, which extends the experience of ultra-realistic visuals at high frame rates at unprecedented high resolutions and anti-aliasing levels. IntelliSample 3.0 is designed to deliver true anisotropic filtering for incredible image quality without performance degradation. The advanced anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering techniques combined with the industry's only true 128-bit precision computation capabilities result in image quality unmatched by any other solution.

nVidia CineFX 3.0 Engine

The new CineFX 3.0 engine doubles the floating-point pixel shader power of previous-generation GPUs. This allows faster, more efficient execution of even the most complex pixel shading tasks. In addition, CineFX 3.0 continues to deliver the highest level of image quality and precision through true 128-bit precision computing.

nVidia UltraShadow II Technology

With the latest nVidia UltraShadow II Technology, MSI NX6800Ultra T2D256 increases shadow volumes for next generation games, it accurately maintains shadows and discards non-useful information.

Owners of MSI NX6800Ultra T2D256 will appreciate revolutionary MSI features such as:

- ULTRA Copper Cooling - This advanced copper ventilation cooling mechanism enables superb cooling performance. Nevertheless it's low fan noise level is only 26db.
- MSI's Media Center Deluxe II, the industry-leading multimedia software provides DVDs playing, music listening and photo viewing.