14 DAY TRIAL // The latest graphics card from Zotac is, as the name implies, NVIDIA-based, and boasts 48 CUDA cores. The adapter has a core clock of 625MHz, a shader clock of 1360MHz, has 1GB of high-speed DDR2 memory and functions on a 129-bit memory interface. With these resources (including a memory clock of 800MHz), the device is more than capable of handling mostly any challenge, including the latest DirectX 10.1 features, OpenGL 3.2, DirectCompute tasks and any CUDA-powered games. Not only that, but the product allows for quick video conversion procedures and GPU-accelerated image editing.
"ZOTAC is one of the leading manufacturers of silent graphics cards. Our lineup of ZOTAC GeForce ZONE Edition graphics cards has won many awards for the combination of performance and silent operation," Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International, said. "The ZOTAC GeForce GT 220 ZONE Edition is the latest addition to our award-winning lineup that also brings support for Microsoft DirectX 10.1 and HDMI 1.3a technology for the best quiet computing experience for the price, whether you're gaming or using it for a home theater PC."
The adapter can be inserted into a PCI Express 2.0 interface, but is compatible with 1.1, and, as connectivity possibilities, it has the built-in HDMI 1.3a technology with xyYCC and DeepColor support, as well as a VGA output. Naturally, as would be expected from any new release of NVIDIA-based cards, the adapter has PhysX features and also boasts the NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology. Through these, the card can easily accelerate the playback of high-definition media file formats, such as VC-1, H.264, MPEG-2 and WMW.
As the title of the article suggests, the card is passively cooled by a heatsink based on the award-winning passive cooling technology developed by Zotac. This allows for a total enjoyment of any graphics-related activities (whether gaming, media playback or the running of 3D applications) through zero noise output and high performance.