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Turn on PhysX™, kick it into Stereoscopic 3D and give your eyes something to talk about! Backed by free 24/7/365 world-class tech support and the best lifetime warranty in the industry, the BFG GeForce® GTS 250 OC™ 1GB graphics card delivers world-class HD graphics performance plus GPU-accelerated NVIDIA® PhysX™ gaming effects, lightning fast video and image processing, and full NVIDIA 3D Vision™ support, allowing you to game in true stereoscopic 3D.

GAMING
The BFG GeForce GTS 250 delivers an out of the box overclock to provide a free performance boost in the hottest games of the season

NVIDIA PhysX technology brings your games to life with massively destructible environments and ultra-realistic physical interaction in games such as Mirror’s Edge by Electronic Arts Inc.

Run over 350 games in stereoscopic 3D with GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA 3D Vision™*

The GeForce GTS 250 is SLI®-Ready! Combine two cards with an SLI-Ready motherboard and experience up to 2x the gaming performance or combine three cards for a Tri-SLI configuration delivering blazing fast frame rates with maxed out game settings at resolutions up to 2560x1600

* Stereoscopic 3D requires an NVIDIA 3D Vision kit consisting of wireless glasses, emitter and a 3D Vision-Ready display

GRAPHICS PLUS™
Accelerate video transcoding of digital movies to your iPod, PSP, or Zune up to 20x faster than a CPU

Experience super fast, silky smooth image processing with full GPU acceleration support for Adobe® Photoshop® CS4

Convert low quality video from cameras, camcorders, and cell phones to higher resolutions with GPU-accelerated video enhancement capabilities

Enjoy your favorite videos and Blu-ray movies with scene by scene color and contrast enhancement delivering a crisp clear vibrant video experience



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NVIDIA® Unified Architecture
Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs.

Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Support
DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects for today’s hottest games.

NVIDIA PhysX™ Technology
GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.

NVIDIA CUDA™ Technologyⁱ
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks - such as video transcoding - delivering up to 20x performance over traditional CPUs.
 
3-way NVIDIA SLI® Technologyⁱⁱ
Industry leading 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering) under Windows Vista with solid, state-of-the-art drivers.

PCI Express® 2.0 Support
Designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.

NVIDIA SLI® Multi-Monitor support
Switch seamlessly between multi-display desktop mode and full screen 3D gaming with SLI.  And enjoy full multi-GPU support for dual-display capable 3D games such as World in Conflict, Supreme Commander Forged Alliance, and Flight Simulator X.

GigaThread™ Technology
Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next-generation shader programs.

NVIDIA Lumenex™ Engine
Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates. 

16x Anti-aliasing Technology
Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x sample rates obliterates jagged edges.  

128-bit floating point High Dynamic-Range (HDR) Lighting
Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effects—now with support for anti-aliasing.

OpenGL® 2.1 Optimizations and Support
Provides top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications. 

Dual Dual-link DVI Support
Able to drive the industry’s largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600 and with support for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).ⁱⁱⁱ

NVIDIA PureVideo® HD Technology^iv
The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.

Discrete, Programmable Video Processor
NVIDIA PureVideo is a discrete programmable processing core in NVIDIA GPUs that provides superb picture quality and ultra-smooth movies with 100% offload of H.264 video decoding from the CPU and significantly reduced power consumption.

Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration
Supports picture-in-picture content for the ultimate interactive Blu-ray movie experience.

Dynamic Contrast Enhancement & Color Stretch
Dynamically provides post-processing and optimization of High Definition movies for spectacular picture clarity.

i Requires application support for CUDA technology.

ii NVIDIA SLI certified versions of GeForce PCI Express GPUs only. A GeForce GTS 250 graphics card must be paired with another GeForce GTS 250 graphics card (graphics card manufacturer can be different). SLI requires sufficient system cooling and a compatible power supply. Visit www.slizone.com for more information and a listing of SLI-Certified components.

iii Playback of HDCP protected content requires other HDCP-compatible components.

iv Feature requires supported video software. Features may vary by product.