GIGABYTE GeForce GTS 250 1GB GDDR3

Description

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Details

CUDA

Yes

HDCP

Yes

HDMI

Yes

PhysX

Yes

Memory bus

256 bit

Cooling type

Active

Dual Link DVI

Yes

Interface type

PCI Express 2.0

OpenGL version

2.1

DirectX version

10.0

Mac compatibility

No

DVI ports quantity

1

Graphics processor

GeForce GTS 250

Maximum resolution

2560 x 1600 pixels

Memory clock speed

2000 MHz

HDMI ports quantity

1

Processor frequency

675 MHz

Graphics card RAMDAC

400 MHz

Graphics card memory type

GDDR3

VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity

1