The nVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024 MB PCIe Graphics Card from PNY Technologies brings your games to life with vivid environments and real physical interaction in games such as Mirror's Edge by Electronic Arts Inc. You can play over 350 games in stereoscopic 3D* with the help of nVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision.
It also offers the latest spec nVIDIA SLI-Ready GPUs with full DirectX 10 support, HDCP capability and Overclocked options for game enthusiasts to push faster frame rates for an ultra-realistic gaming experience.
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* Stereoscopic 3D requires an nVIDIA 3D Vision kit consisting of wireless GeForce 3D Vision glasses, emitter and a 3D Vision-Ready display
nVIDIA Unified Architecture
Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs.
Microsoft DirectX 10 Support
DirectX 10 GPU with full shader model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film quality effects for today's hottest games.
nVIDIA PhysX Technology
GeForce CPU support for nVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.
nVIDIA CUDA Technology*
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the CPU's processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks such as video transcoding, delivering up to 20x performances over traditional CPUs.
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*Requires application support for CUDA technology.
3-Way nVIDIA SLI Technology*
Industry leading 3-way nVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing Alternate Frame Rendering under Windows Vista with solid, state of the art drivers.
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*nVIDIA SLI certified versions of GeForce PCI express GPUs only. A GeForce GTS 250 graphics card must be paired with another GeForce GTS 250 graphics card (graphics card manufacturer can be different). SLI requires sufficient system cooling and a compatible power supply.
PCI Express 2.0 Support
Designed for the new PCI express 2.0 bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI express motherboards for the broadest support.
nVIDIA SLI Multi-Monitor Support
You can switch seamlessly between multi display desktop mode and full screen 3D gaming with SLI and enjoy full multi GPU support for dual display capable 3D games such as World in Conflict, Supreme Commander Forged Alliance and Flight Simulator X.
GigaThread Technology
Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs.
nVIDIA Lumenex Engine
Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates.
16x Anti-Aliasing Technology
Lightning fast, high quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x sample rates obliterates jagged edges.
128-Bit Floating Point High Dynamic-Range Lighting
Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects now with support for anti-aliasing.
OpenGL 2.1 Optimization and Support
Provides top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.
Dual Dual-Link DVI Support
Able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat panel displays up to 2560 x 1600 and with support for high bandwidth Digital Content Protection.*
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*Playback of HDCP protected content requires other HDCP compatible components.
nVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology*
The combination of high definition video decode acceleration and post-procession delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color and precise image scaling for movies and video.
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*Feature requires supported video software.
Discrete, Programmable Video Processor
nVIDIA PureVideo is a discrete programmable processing core in nVIDIA GPUs that provide superb picture quality and ultra smooth movies with 100% offload of H.264 video decoding from the CPU and significantly reduces power consumption.
Dual-Stream Hardware Acceleration
Supports picture-in-picture content for the ultimate interactive blu-ray movie experience.
Dynamic Contrast Enhancement and Color Stretch
Dynamically provides post-processing and optimization of high definition movies for spectacular picture clarity.
Best In Class Graphics Performance Plus PhysX
Experience world class graphics performance in games and bring them to life with nVIDIA PhysX effects for massively destructible environments and ultra-realistic physical interaction in titles such as Mirror's Edge by Electronic Arts Inc.
GPU-Accelerated Video Transcoding, Image Editing and HD Video Playback
Accelerate video transcoding of digital movies to your iPod, PSP or Zune up to 10x faster than a CPU.* Experience super fast, silky smooth image processing with full GPU acceleration support for Adobe Photoshop CS4.
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*GeForce GTS 250 using Badaboom Media Converter vs. Intel Core2 DUO E7200 using iTunes.