The GeForce 8600 GT PCI Express Display Card from PNY delivers powerful 3D graphics to your desktop computer. The card installs in an available PCI Express slot and features DVI, HDTV and S-Video outputs. One of the two DVI ports is dual-link, allowing you to connect a high-resolution digital display. You can also connect legacy VGA displays using the included adapters. You can even connect a TV or HDTV at up to 1080i resolution. The card is fully compatible with such standards as DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2.0, making it an excellent choice for your computer.
Full Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 Support
The video card has full support for the DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0. This brings stunning graphics capabilities to gaming, geometry, vertex, physics and pixel shading operations.
nVIDIA SLI Technology
Users who demand high performance out of their video card, such as PC game players, the SLI technology allows you to install two video cards to run in parallel in your system. This effectively doubles the graphics power of your computer, giving you the horsepower to play games in high definition.
PCI Express Support
The card is 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/s in both upstream and downstream data transfers.
Dual Monitor via DVI
The video card can drive dual digital DVI monitors using its DVI interface. The dual-link DVI port supports displays of up to 2560 x 1600 pixels; the single-link DVI port supports displays up to 1920 x 1200 pixels.
Windows Vista Support
This card is fully compatible with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. It provides more than enough horsepower to drive Vista's Aero graphics. The card is also HDCP-compliant, allowing you to view high-definition content when using Vista.