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216 Cores-equipped GeForce GTX 260 Makes its Debut

post #1 of 4
9/16/08 at 12:38pm
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NVIDIA introduces the improved GTX260 amidst existing GTX260 overstock concerns:

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...compared to the older GTX 260, has not 192 but 216 Processing Cores. Powered by the 65nm G200-103-A2 chip, the 'new' graphics card looks just like a regular GTX 260 and has the same reference clocks as its predecessor - 576 MHz for the GPU, 1242 MHz for the shaders and 1998 MHz for the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory.

The upgraded GeForce GTX 260 still has a 448-bit memory interface, triple-SLI and DirectX 10(.0) support and requires extra power via two 6-pin PCIe connectors. Given the surplus of Processing Cores, the 1.1 version GeForce GTX 260 will come with a little price premium but hopefully that will go down as soon as the stocks of older GTX 260s are depleted.
Source: TechConnect
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post #2 of 4
9/16/08 at 12:40pm
What card is this equivalent to in the 8000 series? anything?
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post #3 of 4
9/16/08 at 1:19pm
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Nothing really. It's faster than any 8800-series card...including all the G92 9800 cards (sans the 9800GX2, but not sure). The majority of the reviews on this refresh state it's faster than the vanilla 4870...until you get to high res, high aa/af, multi gpus.

There are a few non-ref 4870s starting to roll out like this one, but I haven't seen reviews yet.
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post #4 of 4
9/16/08 at 3:49pm
I'm so far behind... i need to get back into this.... need a new PC asap.... fook!
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