[PR] ZOTAC® Accelerates Your Digital World With New GeForce® GT 520 Graphics Card

New ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520 introduces PCs to a new era of visual computing

HONG KONG – Apr. 12, 2011 – ZOTAC® International, a leading innovator and the world’s largest channel manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs, today accelerates your digital world with the new GeForce® GT 520 graphics card. The new ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520 introduces PCs to a new era of visual, 3D and Microsoft® DirectX® 11 computing.

Powered by a new NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520 series graphics processor with 48-high-speed unified shaders paired with 1GB of memory, the ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520 enables users to speed up everyday computing tasks with the power of NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology. Tasks such as high-res photo editing and web browsing are accelerated with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520 for quicker image editing and webpage loading.

“We live in an era where high-quality multi-megapixel cameras and 1080p video cameras are more affordable and home image and video editing can be done by anyone with a computer. By embracing the ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520 and NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology, users can accelerate their workload by reducing the time it takes to make image adjustments or create their own cinematic masterpiece,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International.

The ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520 deliver smooth video playback of high-definition Blu-ray 3D and streaming 3D video formats for a complete 3D PC experience, when paired with compatible 3D monitors or 3DTVs. Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 11 technology enables life-like characters and detailed game environments with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520.

The ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520 is available in a flexible form factor that is adaptable for standard-height and low-profile expansion configurations. .

It’s time to play with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520.

General details

• New ZOTAC® GeForce® GT 520 graphics card
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520 GPU
• Engine clock: 810 MHz
• 48 unified shaders
• Shader clock: 1620 MHz
• 1GB DDR3 memory
• Memory clock: 1600 MHz
• 64-bit memory interface
• Dual-link DVI, HDMI & VGA outputs
• PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
• Microsoft DirectX^® 11 & OpenGL^® 4.1 compatible
• NVIDIA^® CUDA^™ technology with CUDA C/C++
• NVIDIA® PhysX® technology
• ZOTAC® Boost Premium software bundle included

Specifications:

Product Name	ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 520
GPU	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520
Engine Clock speed	810 MHz
Unified Shaders	48
Shader Clock	1620 MHz
Memory Clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory	1024MB DDR3
Memory interface	64-bit
Display Outputs	Dual-link DVI, HDMI & VGA
HDCP	Yes
Cooling	Active (with fan)
DirectX® version	DirectX® 11 with Shader Model 5.0
Other hardware features	8-channel Digital Surround Sound, HDMI 1.4a compatible, HD Audio bitstream capable, hardware accelerated Blu-ray 3D ready
Software Features	nView® Multi-Display, Hardware Video Decode Acceleration Technology, NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology, OpenGL® 4.1,
Windows 7 capability	Windows® 7 with DirectCompute support