[PR] ZOTAC® Debuts Silent GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition
New ZOTAC® GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition pairs DirectX® 11-capable GPU with noise-less cooling
HONG KONG – Nov. 22, 2011 – ZOTAC® International, a leading innovator and channel manufacturer, today debuts the silently quick GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition for users that demand stunning Microsoft® DirectX® 11 visuals and noise-less cooling.
The ZOTAC® GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition takes the award-winning GeForce® GTS 450 graphics processor with 192 high-performance shaders and passively cools it using a ZOTAC®-exclusive dual-slot fan-less cooling system that features copper heat-pipes and aluminum fins to keep the graphics processor cool while operating silently.
“ZOTAC® listens to the demands of silent computing users and their needs for more graphics power, which is why we created the GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC® International. “With the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition we struck the perfect balance of 3D performance and energy-efficiency to eliminate the cooling fan, as well as the external power connector.”
The ZOTAC® GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition is the ultimate graphics card for home theater PCs with it’s 1080p ready HDMI output capable of bitstreaming the loss-less Dolby® Digital TrueHD and DTS®-HD Master Audio codecs when paired with compatible audio equipment and software. Hardware-accelerated high-definition video decoding enables the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition to playback cinematic Blu-ray 3D movies smoothly and beautifully.
It’s time to play with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition.
General details
- New ZOTAC® GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition graphics card
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 GPU
- Engine clock: 600 MHz
- 192 unified shaders
- Shader clock: 1200 MHz
- 1GB DDR3 memory
- Memory clock: 1333 MHz
- 128-bit memory interface
- DVI, HDMI & DisplayPort outputs
- DirectX® 11 technology & Shader Model 5.0
- OpenGL® 4.2 compatible
- NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology
- Full HD video playback
- Blu-ray 3D ready
- Loss-less audio bitstream capable
Product Name | ZOTAC® GeForce® GTS 450 ZONE® Edition |
GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 |
Engine Clock speed | 600 MHz |
Unified Shaders | 192 |
Shader Clock | 1200 MHz |
Memory Clock speed | 1333 MHz |
Memory | 1GB DDR3 |
Memory interface | 128-bit |
Display Outputs | DVI, HDMI & DisplayPort |
HDCP | Yes |
Cooling | Passive (dual-slot) |
DirectX® version | DirectX® 11 with Shader Model 5.0 |
Other hardware features | Hardware accelerated Blu-ray 3D ready |
Software Features | Hardware Video Decode Acceleration Technology, NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology, OpenGL® 4.2 |
Windows 7 capability | Windows® 7 with DirectCompute support |