ZOTAC Unleashes World’s First ION™ Upgrade Kits

HONG KONG – Mar. 16, 2010 – ZOTAC International, the world’s largest manufacturer graphics cards, mini-ITX motherboards and mini-PCs in the channel, today unveils the world’s first ION™ Upgrade Kits featuring a ZOTAC small form factor motherboard and ZOTAC ION™ graphics card for a combination that delivers phenomenal value with premium graphics and outstanding user experience.

A ZOTAC ION™ graphics card with 16 unified shaders and 512MB of DDR3 memory empowers the ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits with high-end features such as NVIDIA® CUDA™ and PureVideo™ HD technologies, DirectX® 10.1, DirectCompute, OpenGL® and OpenCL compatibility for a high-performance and feature rich experience.

High definition digital content playback is where the ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits shine, with hardware acceleration for many popular video formats such as AVC, VC-1, MPEG-4, DivX® and many more. Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 acceleration enables the ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits to playback streaming high definition Internet video perfectly for flawless video and audio quality.

“As the world moves to high definition video formats, our ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits are fully prepared to decode all the available video formats. Whether it is streaming over the Internet or on a disc such as Blu-ray, the ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits are ready for the task,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director, ZOTAC International.

HDMI 1.3a compatibility with xvYCC and DeepColor technology enables the ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits to support color depths up to 48-bits – beyond the traditional 32-bit color depths – for richer colors with breathtaking details never seen before on a PC when connected to compatible displays.

NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology enables the ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits to deliver plenty of performance sufficient for demanding tasks such as image and video processing. Edit photos, create slide shows, convert video files, enhance the quality of videos and other tasks quickly with ease using the ION™ graphics processor, NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology and compatible software with the ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits.

“ZOTAC believes performance and compatibility should never be sacrificed for value. With the ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits, you can have a premium computing experience complete with high-definition video playback, image editing and video processing in a value package,” said Mr. Berger.

The ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits are available in mini-ITX and mini-DTX form factors and pairs a PCI Express x1 ZOTAC ION graphics card with class-leading ZOTAC platforms, including select ZOTAC NM10 series, nForce® 610i series, and GeForce® 6100 series platforms.
It’s time to play with the value ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits.

General details
• New ZOTAC ION™ kits
• Next-Generation NVIDIA® ION™ technology
• ZOTAC ION™ graphics card
• Engine Clock: 589 MHz
• 16 Unified Shaders
• Shader Clock: 1402 MHz
• 512MB DDR3 memory
• Memory Clock: 790 MHz
• 64-bit Memory interface
• PCI Express x1
• Low profile form factor
• NVIDIA PureVideo™ HD technology
• NVIDIA CUDA™ technology
• HDMI, DVI & VGA outputs
• HDMI 1.3a compliant
• xvYCC Color and Deep Color support
• HDCP compliant
• Microsoft® DirectCompute ready
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 decode acceleration
• OpenCL compliant
• Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 with Shader Model 4.1 compatible
• OpenGL® 3.2 compatible
• Microsoft® Windows® 7 with premium Aero® user interface ready
• ZOTAC ION™ Upgrade Kits includes ZOTAC NM10-A-E, NM10-B-E, NF610i-K-E, or GF6100-E-E platforms