BFG manufactures graphics cards for mainstream to enthusiast level computers. They were known for their Asylum brand; however, the NVIDIA 5x series of graphics accelerators were the last to use that name. They are best known by computer enthusiasts for the OC (Overclocked) versions of their graphics cards, lifetime warranty and 24/7/365 U.S. based technical support. BFG was among the first graphics card companies to offer cards that were already overclocked from manufacturer recommended speeds. Since then, many other manufacturers have copied BFG's model.
Their latest flagship graphics cards are the BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 OCX as an air cooled solution and the BFG NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 H2OC as a water cooled solution. While they also manufacture an air cooled version of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295, it is not overclocked.
Desktop Computers
January 5, 2009, BFG Technologies launched its desktop computer line called Phobos that features a touch panel LCD with performance control, BFG Tech graphic cards, liquid cooling solutions from CoolIT and Intel processors .
Power supplies
BFG Technologies manufactures a full range of power supply units for ATX compatible PCs. BFG's power supply line up had consisted of 530W, 550W, 600W, 650W, 800W and 1000W in the past , but since has been refined to separate categories for separate markets.
The GS Series consists of the GS-450, GS-550 and GS-650, 450W, 550W and 650W power supplies respectively, and is sold as a mainstream unit, rated at peak power and at room temperature and are sold almost exclusively at retail stores like Best Buy. The LS Series is BFG Technologies mainstream series, consisting of the LS-450 450W power supply, LS-550 550W power supply and LS-680 680W power supply. These are rated at continuous power and at a more realistic 40C. The flagship of BFG Technologies' power supply offerings is the ES Series, which only consists of one model: The ES-800. This unit is not only rated at continuous and 40C, but features a technology marketed as "Frequency Conversion" which is a term used to define a method of changing the switching frequency of the power supply to coincide with load. This allows the unit to be as efficient as possible even at very low loads while conventional designs may be significantly less efficient at loads below 10%. The ES Series has recently been replaced by the EX-Series; essentially an ES Series with a modular interface for removal of unused cables.
Recently they have hired the internet power supply celebrity Jonny Gerow,[citation needed] aka "JonnyGuru", as one of their main engineers. His place at the jonnyGURU.com website has been taken over by Oklohoma Wolf.
PhysX cards
BFG Technologies offers a 128mb PPU that uses Ageia's PhysX processing chip and libraries. The card is only available in a PCI version.
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