Review-ZOTAC GTS 450 aMP! Edition: Factory Overclocked, Interesting Software Bundle

The GeForce GTS 450 is one of NVIDIA’s most affordable lines of DirectX 11-capable GPU. A GTS 450-based graphics card will only set you back around US$ 129 and it is powerful enough to run most modern game at medium resolutions, such as 1680×1050, 1440×900, or 1360×768 commonly found on 18,5” LCD monitor. Still, some people may feel like the GTS 450 is somewhat underpowered for their taste. If that is the case, you can opt for pre-overclocked GTS 450s that are faster than the standard version (albeit more expensive). The GTS 450 is a highly overclockable GPU, but factory overclock is always a welcome addition since it’s usually covered by the manufacturer’s warranty. So, what’s in Zotac’s GTS 450 aMP! Edition we’re discussing this time? Let’s have a look at the technical specs.

Specification

	NVIDIA GTS 450	ZOTAC GTS 450 aMP! Edition
Codename	GF106	GF106
Fabrication Process	40 nm	40 nm
Transistors	1.17 Billion	1.17 Billion
Die Size	228 mm²	228 mm²
Core Clock	783 MHz	875 MHz
Stream Processors	192	192
Shader Clock	1566 MHz	1750
Texture Units	32	32
ROPs	16	16
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory Size	1024 MB	1024 MB
Memory Clock (effective)	3608 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory Interface	128-bit	128-bit
DirectX Version	11	11
Shader Model	5	5
Power Connectors	6-pin	6-pin
Min Recommended Power Supply	400 W	400 W
Bus Support	PCIe 2.1 x16	PCIe 2.1 x16

As we can see from the table, the ZOTAC GTS 450 aMP! Edition has an increased core speed of 875 MHz, 92 MHz higher than the reference standard. The memory frequency is also increased to 4000 MHz.

Sales Package and Contents

This is the package box of ZOTAC GTS 450 aMP! Edition, dominated by ZOTAC’s usual orange-black color theme.

A software bundle called the “ZOTAC Boost Premium” can be found inside the driver DVD. The package consists of several softwares, including vReveal, nero Vision Xtra, cooliris, XBMC, Kylo, and ZOTAC FireStorm.

Some of them are freewares, while others are trial versions.

These are the accessories we found inside the box. Nothing extraordinary here, but all the essentials are included.