ZOTAC launches their GeForce GTX 465

Amidst the flurry of activity surrounding the GTX 465, ZOTAC has also jumped into the fray by launching their own ZOTAC GeForce GTX 465. The general details are as follows:

• ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 465
  • Engine clock: 607 MHz
  • 352 Unified Shaders
  • Shader clock: 1215 MHz
  • 1GB GDDR5 memory
  • 256-bit memory interface
  • Memory clock: 3206 MHz
• Dual dual-link DVI-I outputs
• Mini HDMI 1.3a output
• PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
• DirectX^® 11 with Shader Model 5.0 compatible
• OpenGL^® 3.2 compatible
• NVIDIA^® 3D Vision™ Surround ready
• NVIDIA^® CUDA^™ & PhysX^® ready
• NVIDIA^® SLI ready (3-way)
• NVIDIA^® PureVideo^™ HD technology
• HDMI 1.3a compliant (w/8-channel LPCM audio)
• xvYCC Color & DeepColor compatible
• Microsoft^® DirectX^® 11 & DirectCompute ready

There will also be two technology demos included with the retail ZOTAC GeForce GTX 465 – Supersonic Sled and Design Garage. Supersonic Sled demonstrates all the hardware features such as GPU-accelerated tessellation, PhysX and CUDA technologies and lets users race a rocket-powered sled down a track at high-speeds. Design Garage takes advantage of ray tracing technology to colorize and render exotic cars with photo-realistic details. Both of these tech demos are designed to fully utilize the power of the GTX 465.

Before I go here are a couple more pictures to wet your appetite. We hope to have a review on this and many more cards in the near future. Stay tuned.

Leon Hyman
Senior Editor