EVGA announced recently their new EVGA NVIDIA GT 520, a low-end video card with DirectX 11, GeForce CUDA, Blue-ray 3D, OpenGL 4.1 and Physix support.
This graphic card has a 1.4a HDMI, DVI-I and VGA connectors.
The current low-end consumption and desktop graphic card market is battled between the EVGA NVIDIA GT 520 and the AMD Radeon HD 6450. Something I love about EVGA is their 3 years warranty, great tech support and driver updates.
It’s ultimately everyone’s personal choice: NVIDIA or ATI.
According to NVIDIA, StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm take full advantage of the GeForce GT 520. Coming from NVIDIA, sounds like a good choice if you are building a new system, but don’t want to spend more than $100 for a graphic card. The EVGA GeForce GT 520 1024 MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card Video Card 01G-P3-1523-KR
After pre-ordering, customers will get an email informing you an estimated delivery date, and customers won’t be charged until the item ships.
Those considering to go for the GT 520 should be aware it requires a motherboard with a PCI Express 2.0 connector.
Meh — I would rather get a high-end graphic card
If you are building your computer and want a high-end NVIDIA graphic card, the best one at the moment is the EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Superclocked 1536 MB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card with Lifetime Warranty 015-P3-1582-AR
I would definitely go for the superclocked version, because the watered-down version of the GTX 580 (non-superclocked) costs around $499. Not much of a saving, much better performance.
EVGA NVIDIA GT 520
Whether you stream 1080p online videos from sites like YouTube or Hulu or prefer immersive Blu-Ray 3D movies, the power of the GeForce GT 520 GPU makes your video playback fast and smooth.
In addition to rendering your high-res photos instantly, the EVGA GeForce GT 520 also speeds up the editing of your videos. And when you share your photos and videos online, you’ll enjoy a richer web experience with GPU accelerated browsers like Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 9.
Go beyond photos and videos and take your gaming to the next level. With the EVGA GeForce GT 520, your favorite DirectX 11 games come to life with lifelike characters and incredibly detailed terrain and game environments.
Microsoft® DirectX® 11 Support
DirectX 11 GPU with Shader Model 5.0 support designed for ultra high performance in the new API’s key graphics feature, GPU-accelerated tessellation.Blu-Ray 3D Support
Enable a theater quality 3D in your home with seamless support for 1080p Blu-Ray 3D discs across any compatible 3D viewing system over HDMI 1.4, including active-shutter glasses and passive polarized displays.Hardware Video Decode Acceleration¹
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.TrueHD and DTS-HD Audio Bitstreaming Support
Full support for TrueHD and DTS-HD advanced lossless multi-channel HD audio codecs brings the rich sound of the master recording to your living room.NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding tasks such as video transcoding, physics simulation, ray tracing, and more, delivering incredible performance improvements over traditional CPUs.NVIDIA PhysX® Technology
Full support for PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.HDMI Output
Support for HDMI 1.4 output enables sending both high-definition video and audio signals to an HDTV via a single cable.Dual-link DVI Support
Able to drive industry’s largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560×1600 and with support for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).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.
Specifications
Model
- Brand: EVGA
- Model: 01G-P3-1523-KR
- Form Factor: Lo1`w Profile Ready
- Interface: PCI Express 2.0 x16
- Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
- GPU: GeForce GT 520 (Fermi)
- Core Clock: 810MHz
- Shader Clock: 1620MHz
- Stream Processors: 48
- Effective Memory Clock: 1800MHz
- Memory Size: 1GB
- Memory Interface: 64-bit
- Memory Type: DDR3
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- OpenGL: OpenGL 4.1
- Ports: 1 x HDMI, 1 x D-SUB, and 1 x DVI
- RAMDAC: 400 MHz
- Max Resolution: 2560 x 1600
- SLI Support: No
- Cooler: With Fan
- Dual-Link DVI Supported: Yes
- HDCP Ready: Yes
- Card Dimensions: 5.7″ x 4.38″
- Features: NVIDIA CUDA technology, NVIDIA PhysX technology, NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology and Blu-ray 3D Support
