BFG Geforce 280 GTX H2OC 1GB PCIe 2.0 with ThermoIntelligence Water Cooling Solution

BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 H2OC™ 1GB PCIe 2.0 with ThermoIntelligence™ Water Cooling Solution
RETAIL Part #: BFGRGTX2801024H2OCWE
RETAIL Part #: BFGEGTX2801024H2OCWE
Backed by BFG’s famous Lifetime Warranty, the BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280 H2OC™ 1GB graphics card is the fastest factory overclocked GTX 280 available.
The BFG ThermoIntelligence® water cooling solution offers exceptional thermal performance in a single slot design. Co-developed by BFG and Danger Den™, the ThermoIntelligence® custom copper water block is totally silent and allows the GTX 280 GPU to be factory overclocked to the highest stable level—delivering up to a 52°C lower GPU operating temperature than reference cooling solutions.
THERMOINTELLIGENCE FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Co-developed by BFG and water cooling industry leader and pioneer Danger Den
Single slot design frees up valuable space for other add-in cards
Reduces graphics card temperatures by up to 52°C versus standard air cooling
Includes high quality, high-flow 3/8” and 1/2" fittings (barbs) to maximize water flow with captured o-rings to prevent leakage
Designed to accommodate custom as well as 2-way and 3-way NVIDIA SLI configurations with included ½” micro fittings (barbs) and tubing
Hand-built by a trained BFG technician with Arctic Silver® thermal compound
Manufactured in the USA using pure copper
GAMING
NVIDIA SLI® technology and 1GB of dedicated graphics memory allow you to max out game settings and resolution (2560x1600). Out of the box overclocking provides a free boost to already blazing performance
NVIDIA® PhysX™ technology* brings your games to life with massively destructible environments and ultra-realistic physical interaction
2nd Generation NVIDIA Unified Architecture enables multiple, true-to-life characters to be rendered in complex, dynamic worlds
* 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
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 world’s 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 GPU’s 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 effects—now 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 industry’s 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
Specs
Performance
GPU NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280
Core Clock 680MHz (vs. 602MHz standard)
Shader Clock 1458MHz (vs. 1296MHz standard)
Shader Model 4.0
Texture Fill Rate 54.4 Billion/sec.
Processor Cores 240
Memory
Video Memory 1GB (1024MB)
Memory Type GDDR3
Memory Data Rate 2450MHz (vs. 2214MHz standard)
Memory Interface 512-bit
Memory Bandwidth 156.8GB/sec.
Connections
Bus Type PCI Express® 2.0 (Backward compatible with PCI Express®)
Display Connectors 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, HDTV + TV Out
RAMDACs Dual 400MHz
Multiple Monitor Support Yes
HDCP Capable Yes, Dual link (Requires other compatible components which are HDCP capable. Designed to meet the output protection management (HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, allowing the playback of encrypted movie content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant displays)
HDMI™ Capable Yes
NVIDIA® SLI® Support Yes, 2-Way & 3-Way
Included In Box
> BFG NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280 H2OC™ 1GB graphics card with ThermoIntelligence™ Water Cooling Solution
> Quick install guide
> DVI to VGA adapter
> DVI to HDMI™ adapter
> HDMI™ cable (6 ft.)
> S/PDIF audio cable (1 ft.)
> HDTV (component) breakout cable
> Dual 4-pin peripheral to single 6-pin PCI Express® power adapter
> Dual 6-pin PCI Express to single 8-pin PCI Express® power adapter
> Two Standard removable fittings (barbs) each for 3/8" and 1/2" inner diameter tubing
> Two Micro removable fittings (barbs) for 2-way and 3-way NVIDIA SLI™ configurations
> Two Removable plugs (pre-attached to the water block)
> Two Tubing clamps each for 5/8" and 3/4" outer diameter tubing
> One 2" piece of 1/2" inner diameter tubing for use with the micro removable fittings
> Driver CD, which includes: NVIDIA ForceWare unified graphics drivers and Full Multiple Language Installation Manual.pdf
System Requirements
> Internal or external PC water cooling system that has the capacity to dissipate 236W of heat for this graphics card (BFG recommends Danger Den™ brand kits)
> Water cooling system tubing with a 3/8” or 1/2" inner diameter
> 1GB of system memory (2GB recommended)
> CD or DVD-ROM drive
> 100MB of available hard disk drive space for basic driver installation
> Microsoft® Windows Vista™ or XP operating system (Windows Vista™ required for 3-Way NVIDIA SLI®)
> PCI Express® or PCI Express® 2.0-compliant system motherboard with one vacant PCI Express® x16 slot
> One vacant add-in card slot below the PCI Express® x16 slot. This graphics card physically occupies two slots
> 575W PCI Express®-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 42A or more (Minimum system power requirement based on a PC configured with an Intel Core®2 Extreme QX9650 processor)
> One 8-pin and one 6-pin PCI Express® supplementary power connector -or- Two 6-pin PCI Express® and two 4-pin peripheral supplementary power connectors
> NOTE: For the power requirements of multiple GeForce® GTX 280-based graphics cards in an NVIDIA SLI® configuration, please visit www.bfgtech.com/slipower