Product Info
The BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT OC™ 512MB graphics card offers a powerfully immersive entertainment experience designed for high-definition gaming and video playback. Play the hottest Microsoft® DirectX® 10 games with awesome speed and watch the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc® movies with brilliant clarity, powered by the revolutionary PureVideo® HD engine. Couple two BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT OC™ graphics cards together with an NVIDIA nForce® motherboard for an optimal graphics platform, giving you the gaming horsepower to handle the most demanding games with NVIDIA SLI® technology. With the BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT OC™, amazing graphics performance is now within your reach.
Features
GAMING
• Up to a 90% performance increase over the GeForce® 8600 GTS
• High-definition gaming support with resolutions up to 2560x1600
• Future-proof your system: NVIDIA SLI® technology allows you to add a second GPU to double your graphics power and PCI Express® 2.0 bus support offers ultra-fast data transfer
HD VIDEO
• Stunning movie playback with reduced CPU utilization and power consumption
• Spectacular picture clarity and vibrant color with dynamic contrast enhancement
• Full support for HDTV resolutions up to 1080p
ADVANCED COMPUTING
• View crisp, vibrant photos with unprecedented color clarity thanks to NVIDIA Digital Vibrance Control™
• Connect 2 LCD displays for increased productivity
• Premium user experience in Microsoft® Windows Vista™ with dedicated graphics processor
System Requirements
> 512MB of system memory
> Microsoft Windows Vista -or- Windows XP
> CD or DVD-ROM drive
> 100MB of available hard disk drive space for basic driver installation
> 425W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 28A or more (Minimum system power requirement based on a standard PC configured with an Intel® Core™2 Extreme X6800 processor)
> PCI Express-compliant motherboard with one vacant PCI Express x16 slot.
> One 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector -or- Two 4-pin Molex supplementary power connectors
Specifications
| Chipset |
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT |
| Engine clock |
675MHz (vs. 650MHz standard) |
| Shader clock |
1700MHz (vs. 1625MHz standard) |
| Shader Model |
4.0 |
| Fillrate |
21.6 Billion/sec. |
| Stream Processors |
64 |
| Memory |
512MB GDDR3 |
| Memory clock |
1800MHz (900MHz DDR) |
| Memory interface |
256-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth |
57.6 GB/s |
| Bus Interface |
PCI Express 2.0 (x16) |
| SLI Capable |
Yes |
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| Resolution & Refresh Rate |
Max Refresh Rate: 240Hz
Max VGA Resolution: 2048 x 1600 @ 85Hz, 32-bit color
Max DVI-I Resolution (Dual-Link): 2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz, 32-bit color |
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| Connectors |
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| VGA |
Yes, With VGA-to-DVI Adapter |
| DVI |
2 x Dual-Link DVI-I) |
| Video Out |
S-Video, Composite, HDTV(YPrPB) Component, HDMI (Requires adapter and audio cable, sold seperately). |
| HDCP Support |
Yes, Dual link (Requires other compatible components which are HDCP capable. Designed to meet the output protection management (HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, allowing the playback of encrypted movie content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant displays) |
| HDMI® Capable |
Yes (Requires adapter and audio cable, sold seperately). |
| Video In |
N/A |
Package Content
> BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 GT OC™ 512MB graphics card
> Quick install guide
> DVI to VGA adapter
> Dual 4-pin Molex® to single 6-pin PCI Express® power adapter
> HDTV (component) breakout cable
> Driver CD, which includes: NVIDIA ForceWare unified graphics drivers and Full installation manual .pdf