GeForce GT 520 with 1GB DDR3 Memory, Silent & Low Profiles Corporate Stable Model Graphics Card

The GT520-1GD3-CSM is covered by the Corporate Stable Model Program, which offers a one year guaranteed shelf life and RMA cross-shipping. Based on the NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520 GPU with 1GB of DDR3, it delivers the power needed for graphics-intensive applications in businesses, schools, or medical facilities.

The GT520-1GD3-CSM is a low profile card and comes bundled with a bracket that allows for small form factor installations, so it is excellent for builds that require strong graphics in a limited space. With Dual-link DVI support, it is able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600.

ASUS CORPORATE STABLE MODEL (CSM) PROGRAM
To deliver the product longevity and support you demand, ASUS guarantees a one-year shelf life and aggressive support from the date of introduction for every CSM model, meaning that system builders can implement a standardized solution that will require fewer resources to maintain. When service is needed, CSM products are cross-shipped to minimize downtime. All CSM products are covered automatically, purchased in any quantity.

NVIDIA GEFORCE 520 GPU
The GT520-1GD3-CSM's GeForce GT 520 GPU is robust enough to support most graphics-intensive tasks demanded in commercial environments such as video editing, design cooperative learning and more. With no fan, this video card is totally silent too.

0dB Silent Cooling
Exclusive 0dB thermal design dissipates heat efficiently and without generating any noise at all. This is the ideal video card for quiet offices where the slightest noise is at best a distraction.

ASUS Smart Doctor
Smart Doctor is a group of intelligent hardware protection and overclocking tools. Users can monitor the system's fan RPM, AGP power level, GPU temperature and RAM temperature. A slide bar is included for manual overclocking.

Low Profile Design
The GT520-1GD3-CSM is a low profile card and comes bundled with two low-profile brackets that allows for small form factor installations, so it is excellent for builds that require strong graphics in a limited space.

ASUS Gamer OSD
Free real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing software that works in any PC game!

PhysX™
PhysX™ is designed specifically for hardware acceleration by powerful processors with hundreds of cores. Combined with the tremendous parallel processing capability of the GPU, PhysX™ will provide an exponential increase in physics processing power, taking gaming to a new level delivering rich, immersive physical gaming environments with features like:

• Explosions that cause dust and collateral debris
• Characters with complex, jointed geometries for more life-like motion and interaction
• Spectacular new weapons with incredible effects
• Cloth that drapes and tears naturally
• Dense smoke & fog that billow around objects in motion

NVIDIA® CUDA™ Technology
This is the world’s only C language environment that enables programmers and developers to write software to solve complex computational problems in a fraction of the time by tapping into the many-core parallel processing power of GPUs. With millions of CUDA™-capable GPUs already deployed, thousands of software programmers are already using the free CUDA™ software tools to accelerate applications — from video and audio encoding to oil and gas exploration, product design, medical imaging, and scientific research.

NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
Blu-ray and HD DVD movies are bringing a new level of movie-viewing experience; with high-definition image quality far surpassing standard - definition DVDs. NVIDIA PureVideo™ HD technology provides unsurpassed Blu-ray and HD DVD movie picture quality.

DirectX® 11 Done Right
Brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and get top-notch performance from optimized code designed to runs graphics faster at higher levels of realism.

Microsoft® Windows® 7 Compatible
HDMI and DVI are the most comprehensive used interfaces for high definition video display. ASUS ensures a complete HDCP compatable output solution for users to enjoy the latest HD video such as blu-ray movies while running Windows® 7.

PC with:

• Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon XP or higher
• 1GB system memory
• 200 MB Hard Drive space available
• Blu-ray, DVD or CD-ROM drive
• 1 x PCI Express x16 graphics slot (single width)
• Minimum 300 watt Power Supply (minimum 18 Amps @ 12 volts)

• 1 x ASUS GT520 SILENT low profile video card
• 2 x Low profile adapter plates
• Quick install guide
• CD-Rom w/ drivers and bundled software