# Sparkle Computer

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{{Short description|Taiwanese electronics firm}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Sparkle Computer Co., Ltd.
| logo = 250px|Sparkle corporate logo
| type = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company)
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1982}}  <!--modifies "Founded" entry-->
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| location_city = [Taipei](/source/Taipei)
| location_country = [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)
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| area_served = Worldwide
| industry = [Computer hardware](/source/Computer_hardware)
| products = [Graphics card](/source/Graphics_card)s, [consumer electronic](/source/consumer_electronic)s
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.sparkle.com.tw}}
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[[File:Sparklegeforce5600xt-agp.jpg|250px|thumb|Sparkle [GeForce FX 5600XT](/source/GeForce_FX_5600_XT) 256MB [AGP](/source/Accelerated_Graphics_Port)]]
'''Sparkle Computer Co., Ltd.''' (stylised as '''''SPARKLE''''') is a Taiwanese electronics firm established in 1982, based in [Taipei](/source/Taipei). The company specialized in manufacturing [video card](/source/video_card)s using [Nvidia graphics processing units](/source/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units), and peripherals (fans and [heatsink](/source/heatsink)s) 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](/source/Conventional_PCI) bus, producing PCI versions of [GeForce 8 series](/source/GeForce_8_series) and [GeForce 9 series](/source/GeForce_9_series) based discrete [graphics controller](/source/graphics_controller)s, and, more recently, [GeForce 200 series](/source/GeForce_200_series) and [GeForce 600 series](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/GeForce_9) series:
thumb|177x177px|9300GS LP Korean Ver, rev.A6

* SF-PX93GS512U2LP-HP (Low profile [GeForce 9300GS](/source/GeForce_9300) with 512MB DDR2 RAM)
*Low profile [GeForce 9600](/source/GeForce_9600) with stock settings
* Low profile [GeForce 9800](/source/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](/source/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](/source/List_of_companies_of_Taiwan)

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

{{Electronics industry in Taiwan}}

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Category:Electronics companies of Taiwan
Category:Privately held companies of Taiwan
Category:Taiwanese brands
Category:1982 establishments in Taiwan

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