NVIDIA to upgarade GTX 260 in mid-September

[cookerjc]

The original GTX 260 have 8 TPCs (Texture Processing Cluster) totally, but the new GTX 260 have 9 TPCs. That means the numbers of shader processor have been increased from 192 to 216. In G200 chip, one TPC contains 24 shader processors.

This one is for suppress HD 4870...

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[MomijiTMO]

Cool! Wonder if this will be more expensive though =\

[Macadamia]

G80 8800"GTS" 112SP "OC" edition, anyone?

This will make sure its power and heat exceed the 2900XT.

[naokaji]

Cool! Wonder if this will be more expensive though =\

they cant make it expensive even if it will be fast enough to beat 4870, if it ends up expensive then 2x 4850 will be a better option so they cant really ask much for it.

[RejZoR]

And AMD will answer with HD4850 X2...

[hecktic]

let the graphics card wars begin... hopefully this will spark a price war also between ATI and nVIDA

[adamsleath]

like watching a race between a turtle and a turtle...yay the turtle wins

[Helmore]

like watching a race between a turtle and a turtle...yay the turtle wins

Hey, I like the Turtles.
I at least used to watch the TMNT

[ToTTenTranz]

They change the hardware without changing the names, they change the names without changing the hardware...

Is there no end for this naming stupidity nVidia?

[[XC] gomeler]

They change the hardware without changing the names, they change the names without changing the hardware...

Is there no end for this naming stupidity nVidia?

Yes, it's called ATI

[SKYMTL]

Here we go again with cards to further confuse the consumer...I hope they call it something different enough to differentiate it from the regular GTX 260.

[clonez]

hmm...

maybe gtx 260x

[Warboy]

Gtx 265?

[BulldogPO]

GTX260 HD, and Harley Davidson sticker on it.

[MomijiTMO]

Com'on it's going to be called a GTX280-. Now that would confuse people haha.

[Miwo]

GTX270?

keeping the same name, but changing product performance is really confusing for the everyday consumer

[perkam]

This is will takes sales away from the 280.

What on earth was Nvidia thinking? We needed GTX 260 55nm @ 700 Core and GTX 280 55nm @ 800 core to slap around ATI like nobody's business.

P.S. I like to upgarade too

Perkam

[fragmasterMax]

G80 8800"GTS" 112SP "OC" edition, anyone?

This will make sure its power and heat exceed the 2900XT.

these use less power than the 4870, which i'm (100%) sure uses alot less power than the 2900xt.

[Macadamia]

these use less power than the 4870, which i'm (100%) sure uses alot less power than the 2900xt.

Really?



At load it uses just a little more. With an extra TPC though, use the 260 number + 280 number * 0.5. It's essentially a GTX270.

And yes, it exceeds the 2900XT.

Idle power on the 260 is great, but you can underclock the 4850/4870 to 300/150 Core and lower RAM clocks too, which should make it on par. They didn't do it because you get a black flicker due to GDDR5 RAM autotraining again.

[Helmore]

Maybe you should check your facts fragmasterMax:
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/15293/10
The difference is not big, but the GTX260 draws more power than the 4870, but less than the HD2900XT.

[dinos22]

G80 8800"GTS" 112SP "OC" edition, anyone?

This will make sure its power and heat exceed the 2900XT.

lol you'd have to have two of these chips together to make them as hot as those 29XT cards

i will never forget the LN2 pouring required on those card.....just incredible

[Xcel]

The 4870 uses 40w less at 100/200 compared to stock 2D 500/900, according to my watt meter.

So that's 140w idle for my system and max 360w in Furmark @ 825/1025

[Budwise]

nice. Im glad I decided to wait a little longer.

[BobyTT]

Yes, it's called ATI

BS i am having crazy problems to make my 4870X2 working normal. I never had those problems with my SLI 260 or single 280......

[mascaras]

What on earth was Nvidia thinking? We needed GTX 260 55nm

Maybe its another way of Nvidia "get rid of" GT200 65nm chips faster and then move to new 55nm cards



rgards