[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