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GV-N250ZL-1GI

Powered by NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 GPU Supports PCI Express 2.0 Microsoft DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2.1 support Integrated with the industry'sbest 1 GB GDDR3 memory and 256-bit memory interface Supports NVIDIA SLI® and PureVideo® HD technology Features Dual link DVI-I / D-sub / HDMI / HDCP

Overview

Overview GIGABYTE UNITED INC., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, launched the GIGABYTE GV-N250ZL-1GI. Supporting NVIDIA's latest graphics processors-GTS 250, GIGABYTE GV-N250ZL-1GI features GIGABYTE hottest Ultra DurableVGA technology. Ultra Durable VGA technology features five high quality components to make GPU temperature lowered by 5% to 10%, overcolcking capability increased by 10% to30%, and power switching loss lowered by 10% to 30%. Additionally, GV-N250ZL-1GI features Zalman Fan with 4 heat pipes and let temperatureeven lower. Output interfaces support Dual-Link DVI-I, D-Sub, and HDMI with HDCP protection. The GIGABYTE GV-N250ZL-1GI gives gamers best gaming experience.

Dual-link DVI Able to drive two of the industry's largest and highestresolution flat-panel displaysup to 2560x1600.

SLI™ Technology Delivers up to 2X the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleledgaming experiences by allowingtwo graphics cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express graphics, SLI dramatically scales performance on 60 top PC games.

RoHS Compliant As a citizen of the global village, GIGABYTE exert ourselves to be a pioneer in environment care. Give the whole of Earth a promise that our products do not contain any of the restricted substances in concentrations and applications banned by theRoHS Directive, and are capable of being worked on at the higher temperatures required for lead free solder.One Earth and GIGABYTE Cares!

Windows Vista® Enjoy powerful graphics performance, improved stability, and an immersive HDgaming experience for Windows Vista. ATI Catalyst™ software is designed for quick setup ofgraphics, video, and multiple displays, and automatically configures optimal system settings for lifelike DirectX 10 gaming and the visually stunning Windows Aero™ user interface.

OpenGL 2.1® Optimizations Ensure top-notch compatibilityand performance for all OpenGL2.1 application.

Microsoft® DirectX® 10 World's first DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realims andfilm-quality effects.

Shader Model 4.1 Shader Model 4.1 adds support for indexed temporaries which can be quite useful for certain tasks.Regular direct temporary access is preferableis most cases. One reason is that indexed temporaries are hard to optimize. The shader optimizer may not be able to identify optimizations across indexed accesses that could otherwise have been detected. Furthermore, indexed temporaries tend to increase register pressure a lot. An ordinary shader that contains for instance a few dozen variables will seldom consume a few dozen temporaries in theend but is likely to be optimized down to a handful depending on what the shader does. This is because the shader optimizer can easily track all variables and reuse registers. This is typically not possible for indexed temporaries, thus the registerpressure of the shader may increase dramatically. This could be detrimental to performance as it reduces the hardware’s ability to hide latencies.

PCI-E 2.0 PCI Express® 2.0 –Now you are ready for the most demanding graphics applications thanks to PCI Express® 2.0 support, which allows up to twice the throughput of current PCI Express® cards. Doubles the bus standard's bandwidth from 2.5 Gbit/s (PCIe 1.1) to 5 Gbit/sec.

HDCP Support High-Bandwidth Digital ContentProtection (HDCP) is a form ofcopy protection technology designed to prevent transmission of non-encrypted high-definition content as it travels across DVI or HDMI digital connections.

HDMI Ready High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a new interface standard for consumer electronics devices that combines HDCP-protected digital video and audio into asingle, consumer-friendly connector.

PureVideo™ HD Available on HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs, high-definitionmovies are bringing an exciting new video experience to PC users. NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology lets you enjoy cinematic-quality HDDVD and Blu-ray movies with low CPU utilization and power consumption, allowing higher quality movie playback and picture clarity. PureVideo HD technology provides a combination of powerful hardware acceleration, contentsecurity, and integration withmovie players, plus all the features found in PureVideo.

CUDA Technology NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology unlocks the power of the hundreds of cores in your NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics processor (GPU) to accelerate some of the most performance hungry computing applications.The CUDA™ technology already adopted by thousands of programers to speed up those performance hungry computing applications.

PhyX Technology NVIDIA® PhysX™ is the next bigthing in gaming! The best way to get real-time physics, suchas explosions that cause dust and debris, characters with life-like motion or cloth thatdrapes and tears naturally is with an NVIDIA® PhysX™-ready GeForce® processor

Specification Chipset NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250Memory 1GB Memory Bus 256 bit Memory Type GDDR3 Card dimension ATX Bus Type PCI-E 2.0 Bus Speed x16 D-SUB Yes TV-OUT No DVI Port Y (DVI-I) VIVO No Multi View Yes