Sparkle Computer

{{Short description|Taiwanese electronics firm}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox company | name = Sparkle Computer Co., Ltd. | logo = 250px|Sparkle corporate logo | type = Private | genre = | foundation = {{start date and age|1982}}  | founder = | location_city = Taipei | location_country = Taiwan | location =  | locations =  | origins = | key_people = | area_served = Worldwide | industry = Computer hardware | products = Graphics cards, consumer electronics | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | caption = | homepage = {{URL|https://www.sparkle.com.tw}} | dissolved = | footnotes = }} [[File:Sparklegeforce5600xt-agp.jpg|250px|thumb|Sparkle GeForce FX 5600XT 256MB AGP]] '''Sparkle Computer Co., Ltd.''' (stylised as '''''SPARKLE''''') is a Taiwanese electronics firm established in 1982, based in Taipei. The company specialized in manufacturing video cards using Nvidia graphics processing units, and peripherals (fans and heatsinks) for graphics controllers.<ref name="650ti">{{cite web|url=http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/sparkle-geforce-gtx-650-ti-dragon-review,1.html|title=Sparkle GeForce GTX 650 Ti review - Introduction|work=Guru3D|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref>

Sparkle was one of the few manufacturers of modern discrete video cards that used the PCI bus, producing PCI versions of GeForce 8 series and GeForce 9 series based discrete graphics controllers, and, more recently, GeForce 200 series and GeForce 600 series-based GPUs using the aforementioned interface.<ref name="tigerdirect">{{cite web|url=http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4369747|title=Sparkle SP94GT1024D2LHP GeForce 9400 GT Video Card - 1GB DDR2, PCI, DVI, VGA|work=TigerDirect|accessdate=27 April 2015}}</ref>

In April 2023, Sparkle re-entered the graphics card market, this time producing a set of Intel Arc series graphics cards.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Klotz |first1=Aaron |title=Sparkle Returns to the GPU Landscape, With Three Intel Arc GPUs |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sparkle-returns-to-the-gpu-landscape-launches-three-intel-arc-cards |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=Tom's Hardware |date=26 April 2023 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230430203254/https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sparkle-returns-to-the-gpu-landscape-launches-three-intel-arc-cards |archivedate=2023-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mujtaba |first1=Hassan |title=Graphics Card Maker, Sparkle, Joins Team Blue: First Custom Intel Arc A750 & A380 Designs Revealed |url=https://wccftech.com/graphics-card-maker-sparkle-join-team-blue-first-custom-intel-arc-a750-a380-designs-revealed/ |access-date=30 April 2023 |work=Wccftech |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230430204653/https://wccftech.com/graphics-card-maker-sparkle-join-team-blue-first-custom-intel-arc-a750-a380-designs-revealed/ |archive-date=2023-04-30}}</ref>

==Products== ===PCI series=== ==== GeForce 7900 PCI ==== SP-PX79GDH (GeForce 7900 GT series with active cooling - 256MB RAM)

==== GeForce 8400 PCI ==== SPARKLE introduced a unique PCI version of the GeForce 8400 series cards in PCI versions. * SF-PC84GS512U2LP (GeForce 8400 GS Series with active cooling - 512MB RAM) * SF-PC84GS512U2LP (GeForce 8400 GS Series with passive cooling - 512MB RAM) * SF-PC84GS256U2LP (GeForce 8400 GS Series with active cooling - 256MB RAM) * SF-PC84GS256U2LP (GeForce 8400 GS Series with passive cooling - 256MB RAM)

==== GeForce 8500 PCI ==== SPARKLE introduced a unique PCI version of the GeForce 8500 series card in a PCI version. * SF-PC85GT256U2 (GeForce 8500 GT Series with passive cooling - 256MB RAM)

==== GeForce 9400 PCI ==== SPARKLE introduced a unique PCI version of the GeForce 9400 series card in a PCI version. * SP94GT512D2L-HPP (GeForce 9400 GT Series with passive cooling - 512MB RAM) * SP94GT512D2L-HP (GeForce 9400 GT Series with active cooling - 512MB RAM) * SP94GT1024D2L-HPP (GeForce 9400 GT Series with passive cooling - 1024MB RAM) * SP94GT1024D2L-HP (GeForce 9400 GT Series with active cooling - 1024MB RAM)

==== GeForce 9500 PCI ==== SPARKLE introduced a unique PCI version of the GeForce 9500 series card in a PCI version. * SP95GT512D2L-HP (GeForce 9500 GT Series with active cooling - 512MB RAM) * SP95GT1024D2L-HP (GeForce 9500 GT Series with active cooling - 1024MB RAM)

===Low Profile PCIe=== SPARKLE has also introduced 3 low profile PCI Express cards from the GeForce 9 series: thumb|177x177px|9300GS LP Korean Ver, rev.A6

* SF-PX93GS512U2LP-HP (Low profile GeForce 9300GS with 512MB DDR2 RAM) *Low profile GeForce 9600 with stock settings * Low profile GeForce 9800 GT with stock settings and 512MB of GDDR3 RAM on a 256bit bus.

===Intel Arc Alchemist PCIe === In April 2023, SPARKLE listed a set of Intel Arc series graphics cards on their website:<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel Arc Graphics |url=https://www.sparkle.com.tw/tw/ARC |website=Sparkle |access-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427031039/https://www.sparkle.com.tw/tw/ARC |archive-date=27 April 2023}}</ref> * Sparkle Intel Arc A750 Titan OC Edition (2300 MHz Intel Arc A750) * Sparkle Intel Arc A750 Orc OC Edition (2200 MHz Intel Arc A750) * Sparkle Intel Arc A380 ELF (2000 MHz Intel Arc A380)

===Intel Arc Battlemage PCIe === Sparkle continues to sell Intel Arc cards, and has listed on 13 December 2024 a set of Battlemage B580 cards: * Sparkle Intel Arc B580 Titan OC Edition (2760 MHz Intel Arc B580) * Sparkle Intel Arc B570 Guardian OC Edition (2660MHz Intel Arc B570)

==See also== * List of companies of Taiwan

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==External links== {{commons category|Sparkle Computer}} * {{Official website|http://www.sparkle.com.tw}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sparkle Computer Co., Ltd.}} Category:Graphics hardware companies Category:Computer companies established in 1982 Category:Computer hardware companies Category:Companies based in Taipei Category:Electronics companies of Taiwan Category:Privately held companies of Taiwan Category:Taiwanese brands Category:1982 establishments in Taiwan