ZOTAC Unveils Water-Cooling Solutions

Subject: Graphics Cards | August 3, 2011 - 04:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: water cooling, zotac, omni, infinity edition, GTX 580

HONG KONG – Aug. 2, 2011 – ZOTAC International, a leading innovator and the world’s largest channel manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs, today unveils two new water-cooling solutions – the GeForce GTX 580 Infinity Edition and ZOTAC Omni for gamers that demand a water-cooled graphics card or want to upgrade their existing graphics card with water-cooling.

“As graphics processors become more powerful, greater cooling performance is a necessity which typically results in greater noise levels. To combat the heat and noise levels, water-cooling is an excellent solution,” said Carsten Berger, marketing director. “By equipping the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580 Infinity Edition with a water-cooler, we were able to reduce temperatures by over 25-percent and produce lower noise levels.”

Gamers with existing ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580, GTX 570 and GTX 480 graphics card can opt for the ZOTAC Omni water-cooling upgrade kit. The ZOTAC Omni kit includes the self-contained water-cooling solution and everything a gamer needs to water-cool reference-design GeForce GTX 580, 570 and 480 graphics cards. It’s time to play with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580 Infinity Edition and Omni water-cooling upgrade.

New ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580Infinity Edition graphics card & ZOTAC Omni water-cooling upgrade kit
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 580 Infinity Edition
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 GPU
- Engine clock: 815 MHz
- 512 unified shaders
- Shader clock: 1630 MHz
- 1536MB GDDR5 memory
- Memory clock: 4100 MHz
- 384-bit memory interface
- Self-contained water-cooling solution from CoolIT Systems
- Dual dual-link DVI-I & mini-HDMI outputs o PCI Express 2.0 interface (Compatible with 1.1)
- Microsoft DirectX 11 & OpenGL 4.1 compatible
- NVIDIA CUDA technology with CUDA C/C++
- NVIDIA PhysX technology
- NVIDIA SLI (3-way) and 3D Vision Surround ready
- ZOTAC Boost Premium software bundle included
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands game bundle

ZOTAC Omni water-cooling upgrade kit
- Self-contained water-cooling upgrade
- Compatible with ZOTAC and reference design GeForce GTX 580, 570 and 480 graphics cards

Source: Zotac

Zotac thinks small with their new Z68 motherboard

Subject: Motherboards | July 15, 2011 - 01:50 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: zotac, mini-itx, z68

If you are looking to bring the benefits of the Z68 chipset to your LAN box, look no further than Zotac's Z68-ITX WiFi mini-ITX board. They've done everything possible to trim down the size while keeping the functionality you need to play games. While there is only a single PCIe 16x slot and 4 SATA ports in total, you have 8 USB 2.0 ports and a pair of USB 3.0 as well as a variety of audio and video output ports. As well there is a serious WiFi add on card with dual antenna to get you connected to your friends and enemies. Check out the full review that TechPowerUp posted here.

"ZOTAC recently announced their mini-ITX Z68 motherboard. Supporting standard desktop parts for expansion, the ZOTAC Z68-ITX WiFi offers all the features of the Intel Z68 chipset, including some decent overclocking. We put the Z68-ITX WiFi through the paces, and take this little roadster for a wild ZOTAC ride."

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Source: TechPowerUp

Putting together a silent and powerful mATX system

Subject: Systems | July 5, 2011 - 12:52 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Silverstone, Fortress FT03S, zotac, Z68-ITX Wi-Fi, mATX

Using the Silverstone Fortress FT03S, an mATX case measuring 235mm x 284mm x 487mm (9.25" x 11.18" x 19.17") Hardware Heaven crafted a great machine for HTPC use or for those wanting a quiet and diminutive work station. Inside is a Zotac Z68 board, a Core i3 2100, an Intel 80GB X25-M SSD, two 4GB Corsair Vengenace DDR3 DIMMs, a Sony Blu-Ray drive, an Asus Essence STX Sound Card and the Sapphire Ultimate HD6670 as a discrete GPU. All of that seems a fairly tight fit, but Hardware Heaven shows that even more powerful parts could be contained within. Check out the full build process here.

"Last month we took a look at building a Fusion based HTPC which was based around an m-ITX motherboard and silent case. This system offered good media playback and decent general computing however there are consumers who require more performance from a compact system. Therefore today we are going to look at building a compact, stylish system based on Intel's Z68 chipset in ITX form (The Zotac Z68-ITX) and the Core i3-2100."

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Source: Hardware Heaven

ZOTAC Introduces FUSION-ITX WiFi A-series

Subject: Motherboards | April 29, 2011 - 07:31 PM | Joe Kelly
Tagged: zotac, itx, fusion, amd

“ZOTAC International, a leading innovator and the world’s largest channel manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs, today introduces the new FUSION-ITX WiFi A-series – a world-class mainboard that combines the power of AMD Radeon™ HD graphics processing with class-leading energy-efficiency for the ultimate flexible mini-ITX form factor.

The ZOTAC® FUSION-ITX WiFi A-series features the AMD E-350 APU platform that incorporates a dual-core 1.6 GHz processor with Microsoft® DirectX® 11 compatible AMD Radeon™ HD 6310 graphics for the ultimate synergy of CPU and GPU performance. The combination enables flawless high-definition Blu-ray and streaming Internet video playback capabilities for a visually rich computing experience in a mini-ITX platform.”

Specifications:

Product Name	FUSION-ITX WiFi A-series
Chipset	AMD E-350 APU Platform
South Bridge	AMD M1
GPU	AMD Radeon™ HD 6310
CPU Compatibility	Integrated dual-core 1.6 GHz
System Bus	N/A
Memory support	2 x DDR3-1066 SO-DIMM slots
Memory capacity	Up to 8GB
Expansion	PCI Express x4 (open-end) Mini-PCI Express (occupied by WiFi card)
SATA	4 SATA 6.0 Gb/s 1 eSATA
Display outputs	DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI-I & VGA (with included adapter)
WiFi	802.11n
Ethernet	10/100/1000Mbps
USB	4 USB 3.0 ports (2 on back panel, 2 via pin headers) 6 USB 2.0 ports (4 on back panel, 2 via pin headers)
Audio	8-channel high-definition audio HDMI audio output (lossless bit stream ready) Digital S/PDIF (optical) output
DirectX® support	DirectX® 11 with Shader Model 5
Other hardware features	OpenGL® 3.2, AMD Avivo™ HD technology, AMD Stream technology, dual simultaneous display support
Windows® 7 capability	Certified for Windows^®7 premium®

The ZOTAC FUSION-ITX WFi A-series is a great motherboard for a home theater or low power small form factor PC. Being a mini-ITX size motherboard does not mean it lacks features. This mini-ITX motherboard includes the AMD Fusion E350 APU W/ AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics, 2 DDR3 SO-DIMM slots, an open ended PCI Express x4 slot with the capacity of handing a full x16 card, 4 SATAIII ports, 1 eSATA port, 802.11n wireless, gigabit Ethernet, a total of 10 USB ports and 8 channel audio with HDMI audio output.

It is uncommon for any motherboard to include four USB 3.0 ports. The ZOTAC FUSION-ITX WFi A-series has two on the back and two in the front. One thing to keep in mind is most cases don’t officially support USB 3.0 front ports as of yet. Will the current USB 2.0 front panel ports work at USB 3.0 speed?

The biggest advantage the AMD Fusion APU’s has over Intel’s Atom’s CPU is the graphics portion. Intel’s Atom graphics have problems with HD 1080p video, unless it is paired with NVidia’s ION graphics. This motherboard supports up to 8GB of ram and should be enough for any HTPC or SFF computer build. No fan over the APU makes for a quiet pc, and thats important if your using this motherboard for a home theater pc.

Source: Zotac

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ZOTAC Unveils Water-Cooling Solutions

Subject: Graphics Cards | August 3, 2011 - 04:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom Tagged: water cooling, zotac, omni, infinity edition, GTX 580