HONG KONG – Aug. 6, 2009 -- ZOTAC International, an industry leader in graphics card and motherboard manufacturing, today announces its line-up of Graphics Plus ZOTAC GeForce® series graphics cards are WHQL-certified and ready to deliver an enhanced experience with Microsoft®’s upcoming Windows® 7 operating system. Windows® 7, set to release in October, features new technologies and features that harness the power of Graphics Plus compatible ZOTAC GeForce® series graphics cards to enhance performance and usability within Windows 7.
Harnessing the power of Graphics Plus compatible ZOTAC GeForce® graphics cards is the new DirectX® Compute technology for GPUs. DirectX® Compute accelerates everyday applications built into Windows® 7 – such as video playback, editing, conversion and 3D web browsing – using the power of ZOTAC GeForce® series graphics cards.
“ZOTAC is excited for Windows® 7 with DirectX® Compute technology. For the first time ever, users can instantly take advantage of hardware accelerated video transcoding natively in Windows 7 with the built-in drag-and-drop video conversion utility using their Graphics Plus compatible ZOTAC GeForce® series graphics card and DirectX® Compute technology,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International.
ZOTAC with Windows® 7 also means NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology is supported for broad compatibility with GPU accelerated standards such as C, OpenCL, Fortran, Java and Python in addition to DirectX® Compute technology.
ZOTAC also delivers faster performance in Windows 7 as well. With a complete DirectX® 10 compatible Windows 7 WHQL-certified product lineup, ZOTAC GeForce® series graphics cards deliver blazing-fast framerates in the latest games and lightning-quick hardware accelerated video transcoding for the best Windows 7 experience.
Windows® 7 also features an enhanced user interface – Windows® aero – that relies on graphics processing for improved usability and visuals that is fully compatible with Graphics Plus ready ZOTAC GeForce® series graphics cards for a smooth Windows® 7 experience.
“Microsoft® introduced a hardware accelerated user interface with Windows Vista®, now with Windows 7, the user interface has been improved with greater 3D visuals, effects and now takes greater advantage of ZOTAC GeForce® series graphics cards,” Mr. Berger added.
ZOTAC GeForce® series graphics cards also perform font-smoothing functions in Windows® 7. Using a new anti-aliasing NVIDIA® API, Graphics Plus compatible ZOTAC GeForce® series graphics cards deliver smoother looking fonts for better appearances in Windows® 7.
Get the most out of Windows 7 with the complete WHQL-certified ZOTAC GeForce series line-up.
General details
- ZOTAC GeForce 8, 9 and GTX series are Windows 7 premium ready
- Ready for Microsoft DirectX Compute technology
- New Windows 7 native drag-and-drop hardware accelerated video transcoder supported by Graphics Plus compatible ZOTAC GeForce series
- Faster performance in games and transcoding with ZOTAC
- NVIDIA CUDA technology supported in Windows 7
- CUDA acceleration of C, OpenCL, Fortran, Java and Python APIs in Windows 7
- Hardware accelerated font-smoothing supported
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