Marking the launch of NVIDIA’s latest family of GeForce cards the 200 series, Zotac today releases two new GeForce 200 series graphics cards - the Zotac GeForce GTX 280 and the GTX 280 AMP! Edition - which supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2.1 enabled titles with its 2nd Generation NVIDIA united structural design and NVIDIA PhysX physics processing capability.


"NVIDIA joint structural design ushered in a new age of performance when it was launched with our Zotac GeForce 8800 GTX over a year ago. The 2nd Generation NVIDIA united structural design further builds upon the architecture and takes 3D performance to unexplored territories," said Carsten Berger, marketing director, Zotac International. "The 2nd Generation NVIDIA Unified Architecture powered Zotac GeForce GTX 280 series is a must-have for gamers and enthusiasts craving maximum performance from their systems."

The Zotac GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 280 AMP! Edition pack in 240 processor cores into a single graphics card, with 1GB GDDR3. A broad 512-bit memory interface joins the Zotac GeForce GTX 280 series graphics processors with a big casing buffer. The new NVIDIA PhysX technology delivers realistic physics processing capabilities to the Zotac GeForce GTX 280 series. PhysX technology allows games to compute in-game physics with great feature and accuracy.

The Zotac GeForce GTX 280 series is compatible with NVIDIA SLI technology. Two Zotac GeForce GTX 280 series graphics cards can be installed in a 2-way SLI configuration for 2x the graphics and physics crunching horsepower. As well as the Zotac GeForce GTX 280 series feature PCI Express 2.0 (compatible with 1.1) support, with dual-link DVI outputs, HDCP compliance, and HDTV output and also support NVIDIA CUDA technology. The card comes bundled with the latest game.