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ZOTAC Expands Energy-Efficient Eco Series

New ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco series combines award-winning performance with superior energy-efficiency

HONG KONG – Jan. 7, 2010 – ZOTAC International, a leading manufacturer of graphics cards and motherboards, today expands its energy-efficient ZOTAC GeForce® Eco series graphics card lineup with new high-performance GeForce® GTS 250 powered graphics cards – the new ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco series, available with 512MB and 1GB of DDR3 video memory. The new ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco series graphics cards deliver superior energy-efficiency with comparable performance to the award-winning ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 series graphics cards.

          “We’ve had great success with our existing ZOTAC GeForce® Eco series graphics cards but many users wanted a higher end model, and thus we engineered the ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco series,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International. “Using our experience from the existing ZOTAC GeForce® Eco series, we were able to optimize and reduce energy consumption of the award-winning GeForce® GTS 250 architecture by a noticeable amount.”

          Powered by NVIDIA® Unified Architecture with 128 unified shaders, the ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco series deliver compatibility with Microsoft® DirectX® 10, OpenGL® 3.2, NVIDIA® PhysX® and CUDA™ enabled games and applications. High-performance DDR3 memory connected via 256-bit memory interface feeds the high-performance graphics processor with maximum energy-efficiency for a visual computing experience that’s loaded with stunning realism and performance while maintaining optimal energy-efficiency.

          “With the new ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco series graphics cards, users can have the best of both worlds – a phenomenal gaming experience that’s eco-friendly,” Mr. Berger added.

           It’s time to play with the new eco-friendly ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco.

 

General details

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    • New energy-efficient ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco series
    • Core clock: 675 MHz
    • 128 Unified Shaders
    • Shader clock: 1620 MHz
    • 512MB or 1GB of DDR3 memory
    • 256-bit memory interface
    • Memory clock: 2000 MHz
    • Dual-link DVI output
    • HDMI output
    • VGA output
    • PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
    • DirectX® 10 with Shader Model 4 compatible
    • OpenGL® 3.2 compatible
    • NVIDIA® CUDA & PhysX® ready
    • NVIDIA® PureVideo HD technology

 Specifications:

Product Name

ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco 512MB

ZOTAC GeForce® GTS 250 Eco 1GB

GPU

GeForce® GTS 250

GeForce® GTS 250

Core Clock speed

675 MHz

675 MHz

CUDA™ Cores

128

128

Processor Clock

1620 MHz

1620 MHz

Memory Clock speed

2000 MHz

2000 MHz

Memory

512MB DDR3

1GB DDR3

Memory interface

256-bit

Display Outputs

Dual-link DVI, HDMI, VGA

HDCP

Yes

Cooling

Active (with fan) (dual-slot)

DirectX version

DirectX 10, Shader Model 4

Other hardware features

S/PDIF audio input, NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine, Quantum Effects™ Technology

Software Features

nView® Multi-Display, NVIDIA® PureVideo HD Technology, NVIDIA® CUDA technology, NVIDIA® PhysX® technology, multi-monitor technology, OpenGL® 3.2

Windows 7 capability

Certified for Windows® 7 with DirectCompute support