ZOTAC announces the new amplified ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 AMP! Edition

New ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 AMP! Edition amplifies visuals and gaming experience

HONG KONG – Aug. 17, 2010 – ZOTAC® International, a leading innovator and the world’s largest channel manufacturer of graphics cards, mini-PCs and small form factor platforms, today amplifies the award-winning ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 series with the performance-tuned ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 AMP!® Edition. The ZOTAC® GeForce® 460 AMP!® Edition takes the regular ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 and transforms it into a completely new animal with blistering fast performance that is unmatched by rivals.
The ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 AMP!® Edition begins the transformation process with a new high-performance dual-slot cooler that drastically reduces temperatures and noise levels while delivering lightning-fast frame rates. An orange fan and accents finish the looks of the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 AMP!® Edition cooler for looks that fit the high-performance persona.
Performance tuning leads to a 20-percent higher engine clock for phenomenal performance gains. Shader and memory clocks receive a boost to keep up with the adrenaline-injected engine to deliver vivid visuals, high-speed anti-aliasing and unprecedented details and clarity.
“We spent extra time tweaking the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 AMP!® Edition design to achieve the performance we desired. The result is a graphics card that pushes the limit of the GPU and memory performance capabilities without making any sacrifices to noise, temperature or packaging,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC® International.
The ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 AMP!® Edition features a unique port layout that consists of dual dual-link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs capable of supporting all digital monitor standards as well as analogue VGA monitors. An SLI-bridge connector enables up to two ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 AMP!® Editions to combine rendering power for up to 2-times the performance increase of a single card and enable NVIDIA® 3D Vision Surround technology for immersive triple-monitor gaming.
A full copy of the latest Prince of Persia® adventure – The Forgotten Sands™ is included with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 AMP!® Edition to let users instantly take advantage of the gaming capabilities of the card. Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ puts the fate of the kingdom of Azad in the hands of gamers with a captivating storyline and fun game play mechanics.
It’s time to play Prince of Persia®: The Forgotten Sands™ with the ZOTAC® GeForce® GTX 460 AMP!® Edition.


eneral details

* New ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 series graphics cards
* ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 1GB
o Engine clock: 810 MHz
o 336 Unified Shaders
o Shader clock: 1620 MHz
o 1GB GDDR5 memory
o 256-bit memory interface
o Memory clock: 4000 MHz
* Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands game bundle
* HDMI, dual dual-link DVI & DisplayPort outputs
* PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
* Microsoft DirectX 11 with Shader Model 5.0 and DirectCompute support
* OpenGL 4.0 compatible
* NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround ready
* NVIDIA CUDA & PhysX ready
* NVIDIA SLI ready (2-way)
* NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology
* HDMI 1.3a compliant (w/Dolby TrueHD & DTS-HD Master Audio bit streaming audio ready)
* xvYCC Color & DeepColor compatible
* Blu-ray 3D ready
* ZOTAC Boost Premium software bundle included

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