The new age in graphics for your PC arrived today, with the first appearance of a video card supporting DirectX 10.

Nvidia is first out the shoot with their brand new GeForce 8800. Too bad there's nothing out yet that would actually require it's power. Nevertheless it's the first officall look at what is to come in the world of computer graphics technology. There are two 8800's being released the GTS and the GTX, it's big brother. Check the stats.

GTS

96 stream processors pitched at 1.2 GHz

640MB GDDR3 in a 320-interface

500 MHz core

1.6 GHz memory clocks

GTX

128 stream processors at 1.35GHz

768MB GDDR3 teamed up with a 384-bit bus

575 MHz core

1.8 GHz memory clocks

Not to mention the SLi capabilities along with 16x anti-aliasing. Yes you can run two in your system and never have to upgrade for a good long while.

In layman's terms what this all means is the best looking games you've ever seen. You can watch some small tech demos at the Nvidia site