• Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Shader Model 4.0 Support
  
  Also known as the Unified Shader Model, the Vertex shaders, Geometry shaders, and Pixel shaders are combined in to one unified shader. Also backwards compatible with DirectX® 9.
   
• Dual Slot Design
  
  Graphics Card takes up 2 slots on a motherboard.
   
• DVI-I Output
  
  Digital Video Interface - Integrated - Supports both VGA and Digital signals.
   
• 2nd Generation Unified Shader Architecture
  
  The latest in Unified Shader Architecture Technology, offering 50% more performance through 240 enhanced processing cores.
   
• NVIDIA® CUDA™ Support
  
  Accelerates CUDA based applications through the GPU's proccessing power allowing for faster application performance such as video transcoding.
   
• NVIDIA® PhysX™ Ready
  
  Enjoy more visual immersion with life like physics for a more dynamic experience.
   
• 2-Way SLI® Support
  
  Feel free to turn up the eye candy and experience the performance of 2 Graphics Cards running together.
   
• NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD Technology
  
  Smooth video, accurate colors, precise image scaling, video decode acceleration and post processing, all provided by the graphics card to give you the best HD experience possible. This feature also offloads from the CPU to help reduce power consumption.
   
• Support for 2-Way and 3-Way NVIDIA® SLI™
  
  The Hydro Copper series waterblocks support both 2-Way SLI®, 3-Way SLI®, and Quad-SLI® (Hydro Copper 18 Waterblock) setups to provide superior cooling for the most powerful graphics solution.
   
• OpenGL® 3.1 Support
  
  Supports the latest version of OpenGL
   
• Windows Vista / Windows 7™ Support

• High-Speed GDDR3 Memory Interface Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)

Performance

•  NVIDIA GTS 250
•  675 MHz GPU
•  128 Processing Cores
•  400 MHz RAMDAC

•  1024 MB, 256 bit DDR3
•  1800 MHz (effective)
•  57.6 GB/s Memory Bandwidth

•  PCI-E 2.0 x16
•  DVI-I, VGA, HDMI
•  SLI Capable

•  240Hz Max Refresh Rate
•  2048x1536 Max Analog
•  2560x1600 Max Digital

• Minimum of a 450 Watt power supply.
• (Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 24 Amps.)