Introduction

Last week NVIDIA quietly released the GeForce GT 520. Their new card is based on a new GeForce GF119 core that features 48 shaders and a 64-bit memory interface. The graphics processor is basically half a GF108 and looks like it is the smallest configuration imaginable for the Fermi architecture - it has only one SM and one GPC.



GeForce GT 520 is targeted at the entry-level market with OEMs and office system builders in mind. In terms of features GT 520 offers DirectX 11 which was not available on the GeForce 210 and GT 220 cards that have become quite old but are still available on the market. Power consumption of GeForce GT 520 is also expected to be lower than on previous generations. Just like older cards, GT 520 has support for NVIDIA's CUDA, PhysX, accelerated DVD/Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D decode.

Packaging

Contents

You will receive:

• Graphics card
• Driver CD + Documentation
• Low profile slot brackets

The Card

ZOTAC's GT 520 uses a compact low profile design with a detachable VGA connector which allows this card to be installed in a low-profile system with ease.


The card requires a single slot in your system.


The card has one DVI port, one full-size HDMI port and one analog VGA output. Unlike AMD's latest GPUs, the output logic design is not as flexible. On AMD cards vendors are free to combine six TMDS links into any output configuration they want (dual-link DVI consuming two links), on NVIDIA, you are limited to two active outputs.


Even though an SLI connector is not present, you can combine two of these cards in SLI, which exchanges data via the PCI-Express bus.


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