GeForce 8200 Lets Acer Create Aspire Small-Form-Factor PCs with Stunning Visual Performance

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Suppliers of corporate and business PCs have had success in marketing small-form-factor PCs, but to date the demand for smaller PCs in the consumer market has not appeared because these PCs lacked the visual processing power to meet consumers' increasingly visual application demands. But this may be changing as consumer PCs are moving from the desktop to the living room and great visual processing technology moves more and more into the mainstream. To meet this nascent demand, PC makers like Acer are using NVIDIA(R) motherboard GPUs to deliver new lines of consumer-oriented, small-form-factor PCs that have the performance, functionality, price, and visual performance of full-sized desktop machines. The Acer Aspire x1200 and x3200 line of PCs use the NVIDIA GeForce(R) 8200 GPU to deliver stunning visual performance while solving many of the thermal, noise, and cost issues traditionally associated with designing smaller machines.

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To date, small-form-factor PCs have relied on integrated graphics chips, but with the explosive growth of visually intensive applications, integrated graphics don't deliver the performance that consumers are demanding. A dedicated GPU is needed for optimal performance.

NVIDIA GeForce motherboard GPUs are single-chip solutions that combine the performance and DirectX 10 compatibility of a GeForce GPU with the functionality of NVIDIA nForce(R) core-logic. The GeForce 8200 GPU's superior performance for a given thermal envelope, plus its full support for standard desktop PC components, give PC makers a cost-effective solution for creating smaller, quieter, and energy efficient PCs that pack a visual punch using the full range of AMD CPUs.

The GeForce 8200 GPU also gives Acer, other PC makers, and system builders flexibility in creating a line of products that are optimized for particular customer requirements. The motherboard GPU can be used in low-cost machines targeted at a mainstream audience, delivering the graphics performance needed for today's visual computing applications, like Windows Vista, and casual gaming. The motherboard GPUs also feature a dedicated PureVideo(R) HD video process that delivers superior Blu-ray and HD video performance and the GPU can be used to transcode video to play on portable devices.