MSI NX8500GT-MTD256EH/D2 GeForce 8500 GT GDDR2

MSI graphics cards offer the HDMI functionality to provide access to premium digital content. HDMI enables gaming enthusiasts to seamlessly connect to their LCD monitor to bring the ultimate multimedia experience. (Only 1 single HDMI cable is required while streaming audio/video data to flat-panel display devices, such as Plasma/LCD TVs, or projector.)

The HDCP provides a robust, cost-effective and transparent method for transmitting and receiving digital entertainment similar to DVI/HDMI-compliant digital displays. HDCP encrypts the date transmitted between the DVI/HDMI connector on the graphics adapter and the display.(Optional Feature)

Dual-link DVI is able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600 and with support for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).

Questing for a system which possesses ultimate multimedia performance and silent operation, MSI Dual CoreCell comes with the perfect signal purification ability, which is necessary for higher multimedia quality and system performance.

MSI Vivid is an easy tool to enhance " image quality ". It can helps users to get better image quality in viewing " Digital photos, document & games "
- Vivid brings the easiest way to optimize graphic quality.
- Colorize your vision when browsing digital photos!!!
- Sharpen characters edge!!!
- Enhance contrast when playing game!!!

MSI DOT Express Technology is the most advanced Dynamic Overclocking Technology Express enabling supreme overclocking, cooling and de-noise performance. It is an advanced overclocking engine, designed to deliver up to 10% extra performance and greatly enhances the synchronized GPU & DDR performance.

The MSI StarOSD is a very helpful utility for the avid PC gamers. Users can easily access the StarOSD to adjust the contrast, brightness, overclocking and temperature according to each user’s individual preference.

The MSI Live Update online is designed to automatically download and update the BIOS and driver when there’s a new version online. It helps reduce the risk of getting the wrong file and minimize the trouble of searching the files from MSI website.

Live Update 3 is a single utility software that automatically checks BIOS, driver and utility updates and installs for you , which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating.

MSI products are the first to be in conformity of the EU’s RoHS(Restriction of Hazardous Substances) regulations, reducing heavy metals and toxic materials in the products. This is an effort made for the Earth, and essentially for a clean future.

NVIDIA® PureVideo™ – Home theater quality video to PC!
- PureVideo™ technology allows you to experience lifelike HD video on your PC, notebook, or HDTV without the expense of additional home-theater devices.
- With the accurate scaling and subpixel calculations of PureVideo™, videos can be enlarged to fill the whole screen without looking blocky or blurred.

NVIDIA® TurboCache™ technology
- NVIDIA® TurboCache™ technology shares the capacity and bandwidth of dedicated video memory and dynamically available system memory for turbocarged performance and larger total graphics memory.
- TurboCache™ technology is a patented hardware and software technology that enables direct rendering to system memory, reducing the local frame buffer requirements to deliver graphics and system performance that exceeds traditional discrete graphics solutions.

Geforce 8500GT GPU Features
- NVIDIA® TurboCache™ technology
- NVIDIA CineFX 5.0 Shading Architecture
- 64-Bit Texture Filtering and Blendinglike motion blur and explosions
- NVIDIA Intellisample 4.0 Technology
- NVIDIA UltraShadow II Technology
- NVIDIA SLI Technology
- NVIDIA PureVideo Technology
- Advanced Display Functionality
- Advanced Engineering
- NVIDIA Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) 3.0 Technology
- API Support

MSI NX8500GT-MTD256EH/D2, GeForce 8500 GT, GDDR2, 128 bit, 800 MHz, 2560 x 1600 pixels