Asus GeForce EN8600GT OC GEAR - 256MB 540MHz DDR3 PCI-Express Video Card

World's first H/W based real-time overclocking device for graphics cards
Redefine your gaming reality with the Asus GeForce® EN8600GT OC GEAR 256MB PCI Express graphics card featuring the world's first DirectX® 10 GPU and a powerful unified architecture that delivers an incredibly true-to-life gaming experience. Power through games at record speeds and charge through game maps with vividly realistic, sun-up to sun-down HDR lighting effects while steering clear of mind-blowing physics effects such as explosions, fire, and smoke. Crank up 16x full-screen anti-aliasing without missing a beat - no jaggies, no worries.

 

Real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game Want to boost graphics card performance without exiting the game? Activate ASUS GamerOSD anytime during gameplay and adjust the GPU clock for instant overclocking. Real-time FPS (frames per second) status is also available to keep track of performance improvements.

Watching Movie on PC is as Good as on Top-of-the-line Consumer Television Splendid is a breathtaking innovation that brings the video viewing experience on PC to the next level. Built into the driver of ASUS graphics cards, Splendid Video Enhancing Technology detects activation and usage of video applications and automatically optimizes image quality for the best visual result.

ASUS SmartDoctor ASUS SmartDoctor is a group of special tools to help users make the most of their ASUS graphics cards. It monitors the Fan RPM, AGP Power Level, GPU and RAM temperature, and has a slide bar for easy manual overclocking. Furthermore, the embedded HyperDrive and SmartCooling technology can dynamically overclock and change the fan speed for better performance and convenience.

ASUS VideoSecurity Online VideoSecurity Online provides you with various security monitoring modes. Aside from the basic recording mode, you can also specify a particular surveillance area for motion detection. In case a motion is detected in the defined surveillance area, VideoSecurity Online automatically raises an alarm, records a video or take snapshots and save it to your hard disk. You can also set it to send either an email notification with still images or send a phone call with prerecorded voice to notify you of the event.

 

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT NVIDIA® GeForce® 8 series graphics processing units (GPUs) redefine the PC gaming experience. With a revolutionary unified architecture and full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10 games, GeForce 8 series GPUs deliver unprecedented performance, extraordinarily detailed environments, and film quality game effects.

NVIDIA SLI™ Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleled gaming experiences by allowing two graphics cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express graphics, SLI dramatically scales performance on over 60 top PC games.

HDCP Capable Allows playback of HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and other protected content at full HD resolutions with integrated High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) support. (Requires other compatible components that are also HDCP capable.)

High Dynamic Range (HDR) High dynamic-range(HDR) lighting effects bring environments to life for a truly immersive experience. It takes advantage of the subtle light, texture, and color intricacies to create incredibly realistic environments.

Shader Model 4.0 Technology Get your box geared up for the future of games with blazing fast shader performance and watch your characters sweat with Shader Model 4.0.

NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology Available on HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs, high-definition movies are bringing an exciting new video experience to PC users. NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology lets you enjoy cinematic-quality HD DVD and Blu-ray movies with low CPU utilization and power consumption, allowing higher quality movie playback and picture clarity.

Microsoft DirectX 10 Geometry Shaders Dynamic geometry creation smoothes surfaces and enables incredibly detailed environments, shadows, and effects.

PCI Express Support Designed to run perfectly with the next-generation PCI Express bus architecture. This new bus doubles the bandwidth of AGP 8X delivering over 4 GB/sec in both upstream and downstream data transfers.

 

Features

• Built for Microsoft® Windows Vista™
  NVIDIA's fourth-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista gives users the best possible experience with the Windows Aero 3Dgraphical user interface.
  
  
• NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine
  Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates.
  - 16x Anti-aliasing: Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x sam ple rates obliterates jagged edges.
  - 128-bit floating point High Dynamic-Range (HDR): Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects
  
  
• Full DirectX 10 Support
  World's first DirecX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphic realism and film-quality effects
  
  
• NVIDIA Quantum Effects Technology
  Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation enable a new level of physics effects to be simulated and rendered on the GPU - all while freeing the CPU to run the game engine and AI
  
  
• GigaThread™ Technology
  Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs.
  
  
• NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD Technology
  The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
  
  
• NVIDIA Unified Architecture
  Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering an incredibly true-to-life 3D graphics.
  
  
• The fastest -1 memory on board:
  Provide unparallel 30% faster than generic GF8600GT
  
  
• Superior Cooling Efficiency -14"c cooler than reference design boards!
  
  
• ASUS Splendid:
  Watching movies on PC is as good as on Top-of-the-line consumer television (under winXP/2000)
  
  
• ASUS Video Security Online:
  Keep an eye on your home at all times no matter where you are
  
  
• ASUS Game LiveShow:
  Stream live gaming action onto the internet and share with other gaming enthusiast
  
  
• ASUS Game Replay:
  Recording gaming action and strategy into MPEG4 files to share with other gaming enthusiast
  
  
• ASUS Game FaceMessenger:
  Easy IM and live game conference in any PC games (under winXP/2000)
  
  
• ASUS Gamer OSD:
  Real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game!
  
  

Minimum System Requirements

• Window XP ,2000, and Vista™
• At least 256MB system RAM
• Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8GHz processor or equivalent AMD processor or above
• A PCI Express compliant motherboard with full-height free slot
• Installation software requires CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
• VGA or DVI compatible monitor
• A minimum recommended 350W system power supply (with 12V current rating of 20A).

Note: SLI technology requires a PCI Express motherboard with two PCI Express x16 physical connectors. Graphics cards working in an SLI configuration must be with the same model name and from the same vendor.