When Aliens: Colonial Marines (A:CM) was released last month, many fans who had anticipated the smooth, clean graphics of the trailers were disappointed to see blocky, early 21st century textures instead.

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High-performance processor and graphics engine for snappy and smooth performance.

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That means high-fidelity audio signals, smooth-as-television moving images and high definition graphics -- sent and received in real time.

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Even better than the graphics is the motion-captured animation, which is extremely smooth.

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By contrast an Nvidia graphics processing unit, or GPU, renders graphics by simultaneously hashing out the same problem for multiple pixels: textures, lighting and smooth rendering of shapes flying across the screen.

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Its dual-core 1.3GHz high-speed processor makes it highly responsive, smooth and faster than Kindle Fire HD for a nimble overall experience that is 80 percent faster when it comes to graphics processing for smoother, faster animations, renderings, apps experience and more.

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