Silent, fanless design perfect for Home-Theater PCs

Dubai, UAE (April 26, 2011) -- ASUS has released the ASUS GT 520, a graphics card that combines great performance with a low profile that is perfectly suited to be used in an HTPC. With an innovative fanless design, the GT 520 efficiently and silently dissipates heat while still offering outstanding graphics performance. 1GB of DDR3 memory and Microsoft® DirectX®11 support means the GT 520 displays the latest in multimedia entertainment with ease.

Silent but visually vibrant

Based on the NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520 GPU, the ASUS GT 520 is equipped with an efficiently designed heatsink that passively cools the GT 520 so absolutely no sound is produced while running. This ensures a quiet environment, and combined with the low profile of the graphics card makes it perfect for hushed gaming and multimedia enjoyment via home theater PCs and multimedia centers.

Full HD multimedia enjoyment

Although the GT 520 has a small profile, it features DirectX®11 hardware to ensure the latest graphics technologies such as NVIDIA® PhysX® and CUDA™ are fully supported. The GT 520 is great for gaming, but also speeds up the editing of videos and photos. Enjoy a richer web experience with GPU accelerated browsers like Google Chrome™ and Internet Explorer™ 9. Brilliant Full HD 1080p video playback displayed through native HDMI is fast and smooth, while Dual-link DVI is able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600. A D-sub connection is also available, with all three housed in a low profile bracket for added convenience.

The ASUS GT 520 combines great performance with 1GB of DDR3 memory and support for DirectX®11 in a low profile that is perfectly suited to be used in an HTPC.

The ASUS GT 520 combines great performance in a low profile that is perfectly suited to be used in an HTPC. A fanless design passively and silently cools the card, which contains 1GB of DDR3 memory and DirectX®11 support so the latest games look their best. Enjoy Full HD 1080p video playback through native HDMI ports.

The ASUS GT 520 combines great performance in a low profile that is perfectly suited to be used in an HTPC. A unique fanless design passively and silently cools the NVIDIA® GT 520 GPU, which contains 1GB of DDR3 memory and DirectX®11 support so the latest games look their best. Enjoy Full HD 1080p video playback through native HDMI ports or a richer web experience with GPU accelerated browsers like Google Chrome™ and Internet Explorer™ 9.

A Dual-link DVI is also available able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600.

Specifications

Model

ENGT520 SILENT/DI/1GD3(LP)

Graphics Engine

NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 520

Bus Standard

PCI Express® 2.0

Video Memory

1024 MB DDR3

Engine Clock

810 MHz

Shader Clock

1620 MHz

Memory Clock

1200 MHz (600 MHz DDR3)

Memory Interface

64 bit

RAMDAC

400MHz

DVI Max. Resolution

2560 * 1600

D-Sub Output

YES X1 (Native)

DVI Output

YES X1 (Native Dual-link DVI-I)

HDMI Output

YES X1 (Native)

HDCP compliant

YES

Software Bundled

ASUS Utilities & Driver

Low Profile Bracket Bundled

Yes (2x 1 slot)

Dimension

7" X 5.43"

l     Specifications are subject to change without notice.

l     PCB color and bundled software versions are change without notice.

l     Brand and product names mentioned are trademarks of their respective company.

Price and Availability : TBA

About ASUS
ASUS, the world's top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world's best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, Eee Box and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 3,398 awards in 2010, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PC™. With a global staff of more than 10,000 and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company's revenue for 2010 was around US$10.1 billion.

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