Tessellation allows game developers to take advantage of the GeForce GTX 400 series GPUs' ability to increase the geometric complexity of models and characters to deliver far more realistic and visually compelling gaming environments.

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Up this season from the 25-year-old house were geometric, disciplined silhouettes that contrasted with the twist-and-drape way they sat on the models.

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