Features-
- 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. - Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration
Supports picture-in-picture content for the ultimate interactive Blu-ray and HD DVD movie experience. - Dynamic Contrast Enhancement & Color Stretch
Provides post-processing and optimization of High Definition movies on a scene-by- scene basis for spectacular picture clarity. - 3-way NVIDIA SLI® Technology
Industry leading 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering) under Windows Vista with solid, state-of-the-art drivers. - NVIDIA PhysX™ Technology
GeForce GPU 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 GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks - such as video transcoding - delivering incredible performance improvements over traditional CPUs. - 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.
Extra features by Asus-
Experience Marvelous Gaming Performance Asus Dark Knight Series
Enthusiastic 4 Heat-Pipe Dark Knight Cooler
Ultimate Armaments
HDMI supported
ASUS Gamer OSD:Real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game!
ASUS Smart Doctor: Your intelligent hardware protection and overclocking tool
Graphics GPU Features-NVIDIA® GeForce GTS250
PCI Express & PCI Express 2.0 support
Microsoft DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0 support
OpenGL®2.1 support
HDCP compliant
NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology—Essential for the Ultimate HD Movie Experience on a PC
NVIDIA Quantum Technology— Advanced Shader Processors architected for physics computation
ASUS Gamer OSD:Real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game!
ASUS Smart Doctor: Your intelligent hardware protection and overclocking tool
Graphics GPU Features-NVIDIA® GeForce GTS250
PCI Express & PCI Express 2.0 support
Microsoft DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0 support
OpenGL®2.1 support
HDCP compliant
NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology—Essential for the Ultimate HD Movie Experience on a PC
NVIDIA Quantum Technology— Advanced Shader Processors architected for physics computation
System Requirements-Minimun 450w PSU and a 6 pin power connector.
These two simple requirements can be fulfilled by many users so this truly makes it a great target for casual gamers and for tight budget enthusiasts.
Benchmarks-
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus_en_gts250
Overall benchmark results-This graphics card is pretty much on par with the ATI 4850.In 3D Mark 06.The Asus ENGTS250 have the edge over the Palit HD4850 and may proves that the GTS250 have the edged over the HD4850.
Conclusion-This card is better than the 9800GTX and almost around the same price range and with performance on par with the HD4850 plus PhysX and Cuda makes it pawn the HD4850.This card is a yes if you are the budget gamer.
