While Nvidia's big news may have been its upcoming budget-range GeForce GT 430 1GB cards which leaked out earlier this month, it seems that the company has been hiding another secret: the GeForce GT 440 range.
Quietly detailed on the company's website, the Nvidia GeForce GT 440 range of cards is designed to offer OEMs a DirectX 11-compatible card for adding in to their mid-range machines.
According to the reference specifications, the GT440 cards feature a 594MHz graphics clock, 1,189MHz processor clock, and either 800 or 900MHz memory clock, along with 144 CUDA cores. Interestingly, Nvidia will be offering at least two different models: a budget-friendly version featuring 1.5GB of GDDR3, or a high-end model with 3GB of GDDR3.
The cards are said to be two-way SLI ready - although only support being paired with another GT440 from the same manufacturer - and support PhysX, CUDA, and 3D Vision. As standard, the cards come with HDMI, VGA, and DVI connectors and support a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600 over the digital ports and 2048 x 1536 over the analogue VGA.
The boards are designed to fit in a single slot, with a TDP of 56W helping to keep the size of the cooler required down to a minimum.
The one thing clearly missing from Nvidia's information is the price. With the cards aimed at OEMs rather than retail, the cost should be kept quite low - although you can expect to have to buy them by the pallet-load.
Do you think that Nvidia has an interesting device on its hand with the GT440, or does the idea of a 3GB card with the listed specifications seem an exercise in futility? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
Quietly detailed on the company's website, the Nvidia GeForce GT 440 range of cards is designed to offer OEMs a DirectX 11-compatible card for adding in to their mid-range machines.
According to the reference specifications, the GT440 cards feature a 594MHz graphics clock, 1,189MHz processor clock, and either 800 or 900MHz memory clock, along with 144 CUDA cores. Interestingly, Nvidia will be offering at least two different models: a budget-friendly version featuring 1.5GB of GDDR3, or a high-end model with 3GB of GDDR3.
The cards are said to be two-way SLI ready - although only support being paired with another GT440 from the same manufacturer - and support PhysX, CUDA, and 3D Vision. As standard, the cards come with HDMI, VGA, and DVI connectors and support a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600 over the digital ports and 2048 x 1536 over the analogue VGA.
The boards are designed to fit in a single slot, with a TDP of 56W helping to keep the size of the cooler required down to a minimum.
The one thing clearly missing from Nvidia's information is the price. With the cards aimed at OEMs rather than retail, the cost should be kept quite low - although you can expect to have to buy them by the pallet-load.
Do you think that Nvidia has an interesting device on its hand with the GT440, or does the idea of a 3GB card with the listed specifications seem an exercise in futility? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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Posted by javaman - Mon Oct 18 2010 09:47
EDIT: unless something like photoshop or professional graphics work needs that much memory, then possibly a budget quatro card?
Posted by Madness_3d - Mon Oct 18 2010 09:47
Posted by xrain - Mon Oct 18 2010 10:00
Posted by salesman - Mon Oct 18 2010 10:01