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ZOTAC has another go with NITRO overclocking kit

by Parm Mann on 24 February 2009, 15:13

Tags: NITRO, ZOTAC

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Remember the ZOTAC NITRO? Launched back in August '08 and dubbed the world's first hardware-overclocking controller, it arrived with the promise of dynamic overclocking at the touch of a button.

It's so easy to use, I'm certain my Gran could get a few extra frames per second from most GPUs. Trouble is, NITRO is priced at around £90 - enough to take a considerable chunk out of Gran's allowance - and making matters worse, it launched with compatibility for only ZOTAC-branded GeForce graphics cards.

Fortunately, the latter problem is no longer a concern as ZOTAC has today announced that it's opening up NITRO for use with any GeForce-based card, regardless of brand. Either ZOTAC is feeling very generous, or it might just be struggling to shift these units.

In order to get NITRO up and running with a GeForce 8-series-or-above card, all you need to do is download the latest version of ZOTAC's FireStorm software - v1.015 to be precise.

Now, if only they'd do something about that asking price...

Official press release: ZOTAC Expands NITRO Features and Compatibility

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Posted by TooNice - Tue 24 Feb 2009 20:14
Now, if only they'd do something about that asking price…
Indeed. The idea of overclocking for me is to get more performance for a negligible cost (in electricity bill/heat). £90 simply doesn't make sense to me, even if I had 5 desktop to runs.
Posted by twobombs - Wed 25 Feb 2009 07:28
Without any disrespect, but why is each and every recent Hexus article talking more about money instead of technology ? Mentioning a retail price before, middle and after could be a little bit over the top ?

Technology comes with a price, and that price will be taken care of by the market; especially with the current one so Hexus please relax a bit on the monetary side of things in yer reviews ? You ppl. start to sound like my uncle. He lives in London and has the same problem which is making me wonder; is it infectious ?

Great product reviews though :rockon2:
Posted by polly69 - Sat 07 Mar 2009 15:47
TooNice
Now, if only they'd do something about that asking price…
Indeed. The idea of overclocking for me is to get more performance for a negligible cost (in electricity bill/heat). £90 simply doesn't make sense to me, even if I had 5 desktop to runs.

To right isn't the spirit of overclocking to take a cheaper item and try to make it as fast as the more expensive item as for spending £90 on this i would just put it towards another card for sli no need to overclock it then this rates among the stupidest items I've seen overclocking a graphics card is not really that hard there are loads of good tutorials and software to get it done.