[PR] ZOTAC® Introduces Supercharged GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition

New ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP! Edition combines performance, energy-efficiency and reliability

HONG KONG – Dec. 8, 2010 – ZOTAC® International, a leading innovator and the world’s largest channel manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs, today introduces the tweaked and tuned ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition graphics card. The ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP! ® Edition is engineered for maximum gaming performance.

An overclocked graphics processor and memory amplifies the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition to uncharted performance heights for a stunning visual adventure with smooth-as-butter frame rates. Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 11 with hardware tessellation technology enables the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition to bring landscapes and in-game objects to life with phenomenal realism.

“ZOTAC® continues to push the limits of our graphics cards without compromising reliability. We found the perfect combination of performance, energy-efficiency and reliability with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC® International.

To instantly take advantage of the unrivalled performance a full copy of Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ is included with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition. Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ combines outstanding visuals with a captivating storyline that takes gamers on an epic adventure to save the kingdom of Azad.

It’s time to play with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition.

General details

• New ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 580 AMP!® Edition graphics card
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580 graphics processor
• 512 unified shaders
• Shader clock: 1630 MHz
• 1536MB of GDDR5 memory
• 384-bit memory interface
• Memory clock: 4100 MHz
• PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
• Microsoft DirectX^® 11 & OpenGL^® 4.1 compatible
• NVIDIA^® CUDA^™, 3D Vision™ Surround & SLI™ ready
• HDMI 1.4 compliant (xvYCC Color & DeepColor compatible)
• Hardware-accelerated Blu-ray 3D ready
• ZOTAC® Boost Premium software bundle included
• Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ game bundle included

Specifications:

Product Name	GeForce® GTX 580 AMP! ® Edition
GPU	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580
Engine Clock speed	815 MHz
Unified Shaders	512
Shader Clock	1630 MHz
Memory Clock speed	4100 MHz
Memory	1536MB DDR5
Memory interface	384-bit
Display Outputs	Dual dual-link DVI & mini-HDMI
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, hardware accelerated Blu-ray 3D ready, NVIDIA® SLI™ ready, NVIDIA 3D Vision™ Surround 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