Posted on Wednesday, July 18 2012 @ 22:40 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Zotac debuts the GeForce GT 630 ZONE and GeForce GT 640 ZONE graphics cards:
ZOTAC International, a global innovator and channel manufacturer of graphics cards, mainboards and mini-PCs, today ushers in a new era of quiet computing with the ZOTAC GeForce® GT 640 ZONE Edition and GeForce® GT 630 ZONE Edition graphics cards. The ZOTAC GeForce® GT 640 ZONE Edition redefines quiet computing with a new video processing engine and supercharged architecture to create the perfect card for home theater PC and everyday use while the ZOTAC GeForce® GT 630 ZONE Edition delivers an outstanding value to quiet computing users.
Packing a new enhanced video processing engine, the ZOTAC GeForce® GT 640 ZONE Edition takes the home theater PC to the new 4K era with 4K video decoding capabilities for stunning details and smooth playback of high-resolution video up to 4096x2160 resolution. A new NVEnc video encoding engine integrated in the ZOTAC GeForce® GT 640 accelerates video encoding tasks for lightning-fast video conversions and transcoding, with compatible software.
“The new ZOTAC GeForce® GT 640 ZONE Edition is our new silent powerhouse graphics card perfect for home theater PC usage,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International. “By coupling 4K video decoding capabilities with the new NVEnc encoding engine, we’re able to deliver a completely silent graphics card that lets users connect to 4K displays and view native 4K video content flawlessly – there’s also extra power available to accelerate video transcoding to quickly put your video content on portable media devices and smartphones.”
Triple-display support with NVIDIA® Surround technology makes the ZOTAC GeForce® GT 640 ZONE Edition a productivity booster by maximizing computing efficiency and enabling simultaneous displays of multiple application windows. NVIDIA® CUDA® technology accelerates compatible video and image editing applications on the ZOTAC GeForce® GT 640 ZONE Edition to quickly and smoothly apply effects without making a single fan-whisper.
The ZOTAC GeForce® GT 630 ZONE Edition is available for less demanding users that desire silence, adequate performance and outstanding features at an excellent value.
It’s time to play with the ZOTAC GeForce® GT 640 ZONE Edition and GeForce® GT 630 ZONE Edition!
General details
ZOTAC GeForce® GT 640 ZONE Edition:
384 processor cores
Engine clock: 900 MHz
2GB DDR3 memory
Memory clock: 1782 MHz
128-bit memory interface
NVIDIA® SMX architecture
NVIDIA® Surround ready
4K video output
4K Video decoding capable
Dual DVI & mini-HDMI
ZOTAC GeForce® GT 630 ZONE Edition:
96 processor cores
Engine clock: 750 MHz
Shader clock: 1500 MHz
1GB DDR3 memory
Memory clock: 1333 MHz
128-bit memory interface
Dual DVI & mini-HDMI
NVIDIA® Adaptive Vertical Sync
NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology
DirectX® 11 technology & Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL® 4.2 compatible
Hardware-accelerated Full HD video playback
Blu-ray 3D ready
Loss-less audio bit stream capable
