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Backed by the best lifetime warranty in the industry, the BFG GeForce GTX 280 OCX graphics card is overclocked to the highest stable level, saving you the risk and hassle of doing it yourself while keeping the lifetime warranty intact. In addition to ripping through DirectX 10 games at blazing fast frame rates and enabling realistic physical motion and massively destructible environments with NVIDIAs new PhysX technology, the BFG GeForce GTX 280 OCX graphics card gives your system the power of up to 240 multi-threaded processor cores, offloading the most intensive processing tasks from your CPU to your Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).
Whether gaming, transcoding HD videos, or running Folding@home in the background while surfing the web, the BFG GeForce GTX 280 graphics card delivers performance improvements of up to 7x your traditional CPU, enabling truly endless computing possibilities.
GAMING
Extremely Overclocked to unlock the full performance potential of the GeForce GTX 280 and provide the best-in-class gaming experience (compared to standard clocked models)
NVIDIA SLI technology and 1GB of dedicated graphics memory allow you to max out game settings and resolution (2560x1600)
NVIDIA PhysX technology* brings your games to life with massively destructible environments and ultra-realistic physical interaction
* PhysX drivers are required to experience in-game GPU PhysX acceleration. Visit www.nvidia.com/PhysX for more details.
HD VIDEO
Unlock the power of 240 processing cores to tackle demanding system tasks such as viewing photos in 3D or transcoding video to a personal video player up to 7X faster than the CPU
PureVideo HD technology provides the ultimate interactive Blu-ray DVD movie experience with full hardware acceleration of HD movies and picture-in-picture content
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2nd Generation NVIDIA Unified Architecture
Second generation architecture delivers 50% more gaming performance over the first generation through 240 enhanced processing cores that provide incredible shading horsepower.i
NVIDIA PhysX Readyii
GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA PhysX technology,enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.
3-way NVIDIA SLI Technologyiii
Industry leading 3-way NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing 3-way AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering) for the worlds fastest gaming solution under Windows Vista with solid, state-of-the-art drivers.
Microsoft DirectX 10 Support
DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects for today's hottest games.
NVIDIA CUDA Technology iv
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPUs processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks - such as video transcoding - delivering up to 7x performance over traditional CPUs.
PCI Express 2.0 Support
Designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.
GigaThread Technology
Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs.
NVIDIA Lumenex Engine
Delivers stunning image quality and floating point accuracy with ultra-fast frame rates.
16x Anti-aliasing Technology
Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x sample rates obliterates jagged edges.
128-bit floating point High Dynamic-Range (HDR) Lighting
Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly realistic lighting effectsnow with support for anti-aliasing.
OpenGL 2.1 Optimizations and Support
Provides top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.
Dual Dual-link DVI Support
Able to drive the industrys largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600 and with support for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).v
NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technologyvi
The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
Discrete, Programmable Video Processor
NVIDIA PureVideo is a discrete programmable processing core in NVIDIA GPUs that provides superb picture quality and ultra-smooth movies with 100% offload of H.264 video decoding from the CPU and significantly reduced power consumption.
Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration
Supports picture-in-picture content for the ultimate interactive Blu-ray movie experience.
Dynamic Contrast Enhancement & Color Stretch
Dynamically provides post-processing and optimization of High Definition movies for spectacular picture clarity. i The number of processor cores varies by model. GeForce GTX 280 has 240 processor cores. GeForce GTX 260 has 192 processor cores.
ii GeForce GTX 280/260 GPUs ship with hardware support for NVIDIA PhysX technology. NVIDIA PhysX drivers are required to experience in-game GPU PhysX acceleration. Refer to www.nvidia.com/PhysX for more information.
iii NVIDIA SLI certified versions of GeForce PCI Express GPUs only. A GeForce GTX 280 GPU must be paired with another GeForce GTX 280 GPU (graphics card manufacturer can be different). SLI requires sufficient system cooling and a compatible power supply. Visit www.slizone.com for more information and a listing of SLI-Certified components.
iv Requires application support for CUDA technology.
v Playback of HDCP protected content requires other HDCP-compatible components.
vi Feature requires supported video software. Features may vary by product
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