The latest addition to the Nvidia 5xx series graphics cards is the GT520 fully equipped with the most advanced 3D features including DirectX 11 and Physx bringing new levels of realism to 3D applications plus improved processing power thanks to the embedded CUDA technology which utilises the GPU cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks, all designed to maximise your home theatre experience.

The Asus ENGT520 SILENT/DI/1GD3(LP) Provides fully integrated support for 1.3a HDMI allowing for outstandingly deep video colour and 7.1 digital surround sound, essential for any future proof home theatre system. The included low profile bracket ensures perfect compatibility with even the smallest mini ITX form factor and to finish off the ENGT520 SILENT/DI/1GD3(LP) is equipped with a fully passive heat-sink producing a 0db sound level even at peak operation, perfect for all usage scenarios in today's performance demanding era.

ASUS Unique Selling Points

• Passive Heatsink: 0db operation for silent running.
• Low Profile Bracket Bundled: Ensures perfect compatibility with even the smallest mini ITX form factor.
• Gamer OSD: Real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game!
• Splendid: Watching movies on PC is as good as on Top-of-the-line consumer television.

Key Selling Points

• Microsoft Windows 7 Support: Enable PC users to enjoy an advanced computing experience.
• DirectX 11 Ready: Bring new levels of visual realism to gaming.
• NVIDIA PhysX ready: Dynamic visual effects like blazing explosions, reactive debris, realistic water, and lifelike characters.
• GeForce® CUDA Support: Unlocks the power of GPU's processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks.

Key specification

• Graphics Engine GeForce® GTX520
• Bus Standard PCI Express® 2.0
• Video Memory 1024MB GDDR3
• Engine Clock 810 MHz
• CUDA Cores 1620Mhz
• Memory Clock 1200MHz (600MHz GDDR3)
• Memory Interface 64 Bit
• DVI Max. Resolution 2560 * 1600
• DSub Max. Resolution 2048 * 1536
• D-sub Output 1 x Native
• DVI Output 1 x Dual Link DVI-I Native
• HDMI Output 1 x HDMI
• Display Port Output None
• HDCP compliant YES
• Dimension The card size is 7" x 5.43"

In The Box

• Accessory bundled: Low Profile Bracket x 2
• Software Bundled: ASUS Utilities & Driver

NVIDIA GeForce Graphics

Graphics processing has become an essential ingredient to the modern PC. Nowadays, we simply demand more from our PCs. If you want to enhance photos, edit videos, watch movies, play games, or if you simply desire a Premium Windows® 7 Experience, NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics brings impressive graphics processing power to your PC at an incredible value.

Spectacular Video

Get all the video processing power that your digital lifestyle requires. Enhance photos, clean up home videos and post them to Facebook up to 50% faster² with the GeForce 210 or GeForce GT520 GPUs. Convert your video and put it on your iPod in minutes instead of hours³ or make your DVDs look like HD. Does your PC have a CPU powerful enough to playback high definition Blu-Ray Movies? It doesn’t matter, the GeForce 210 and GT520 can playback any Blu Ray Movie with any modern CPU4.

Gorgeous Graphics

Modern games and 3D applications demand more graphics performance than ever before and Intel integrated graphics simply aren’t good enough. The GeForce 210 delivers over 10x the performance¹ of Intel integrated solutions! If you want to play popular mainstream games like World of Warcraft, Spore or Sims3, the GeForce 210 is an essential addition to your PC. For games that require more performance or DirectX 11 then the GT520 is the ideal graphics processor to get you and your system to the next level.

Premium Windows 7 Experience

Graphics processing units (GPUs) are an essential element of today’s PCs, enabling more visual and more interactive experiences. As a leader in visual computing and the inventor of the GeForce GPU, NVIDIA worked closely with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7 to ensure that its GPUs take full advantage of the great new features and functionality. If you use your PC to enhance photos, watch or edit videos, play games, or if you simply desire a fast and efficient graphical interface, NVIDIA GPUs will surely delight your senses and offer a premium Windows 7 experience.1 Compared to Intel G45. Measured using 3DMark Vantage, Performance Pre-set on a Pentium Dual Core E5200 system with 2GB RAM, Vista SP1.

See NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Cards In Action

2 Compared to E8200 CPU with no GPU. Measured using MotionDSP vReveal on G31 system with 2GB RAM, Vista SP1. 3Comparison made using 30min 720p video clip on a Core2 Duo E8200, G31 system with 2GB RAM, Vista SP1. CPU test run on Apple iTunes. GPU test run on Elemental Technologies Badaboom. 4 Intel Atom CPU or better