Nvidia's GeForce GTX 275 Specs Revealed
Although the specifications were not officially announced, details regarding the upcoming GeForce GTX 275 have surfaced.
There's nothing juicer than a good rumor, especially when gamers are looking for quality, performance, and value. There's certainly a lot of talk about Nvidia and ATI GPUs lately, with leaked specs, tasty rumors and thorough speculations circling the industry every day. However, when evidence presents itself without pictures or proof from official sources, sometimes information can be nothing more than a little hoopla and high hopes.
Fudzilla, claims that it scored a few details regarding the upcoming GeForce GTX 275. The site reports that the GTX 275 actually looks like a GTX 295 with a higher clock. By comparison, the GTX 275, featuring a 55nm GT200 GPU, clocks in at 633 MHz with a 1164 MHz memory clock; the GTX 295 has a core clock speed of 576 MHz and a memory clock of 999 MHz. However, both cards provide a 448-bit memory interface and uses GDDR3 memory. Additionally, the GTX 275 will share a trait with the GeForce GTX 285 as well, both offering 240 shaders.
Sporting a single GPU, the GeForce GTX 275 will be a dual-slot card with the usual CUDA, PhysX, and 3-way SLI support, selling for $249 when it ships during the second week of April. For the price, the card will certainly offer an impressive amount of power although the Radeon HD 4890, set to hit shelves around the same time, will give it a run for its money. With a core clock of 850 MHz and 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, the meatier ATI offering will more than likely be the dominant card if the price isn't set too high.
Still, until Nvidia dishes out the official info or the GeForce GTX 275 actually surface, fans will just have to suffice with supposed facts and rumors.
watch as people say they don't want a 275 because the 295 is better.
I agree. I bet the 4890 is going to be stronger then the 275, not being a fanboy here, im planning to get a GTX 260 SSC, but if the 4890 comes out in time im going to get it, or the GTX 275, whichever is better.
Isn't the 295 a dual GPU and the 275 a single GPU? I think that is the difference. The 295 will perform better. I think you are confusing the 295 with 285. Sounds like the 275>285
Example:
ATI has a 4870x2, 4870, 4850… good enough already! Ati should crush the 4870x2 and then the 4870 will be the “low” end as they can discontinue the 4850. We just don’t need 23423423424 cards from one company.
(Perhaps 4 price lvl’s is ideal??)
Well if nvidia is smart 260
I bought that card the day it came out for WAY to much cash. It is a legendary card in my mind, king of the hill for almost two years, and still a pretty decent mid-range card.
The real question is - is it a good business move? You nudge the performance up a little bit and give it a new name, so people spend money on that - and possibly don't have enough by the time the next series releases.
When they make the gpus and some dont run at the clocks they want (for example) they can lower the clocks and sell it as a weaker GPU (eg 4830 = 4850 = 4870), same as RPL's etc - chips are binned in ranks etc
Agreed. I tend to go with AMD, because lately they seem to be superior in that department. The 4890 will more than likely be my card of choice, unless something terrible with the new card happens. *cough 3800 series* if that's the case, i will just crossfire my 4850 and call it good for a while.
I am fully aware of this. I still do not see why there would ever be a need to have so many different price levels.
Anything more than four or five cards from a single company is not doing the consumer any justice. Sure you and I walk into the local computer store and can rank the cards by name, but how many people can actually do this? 5%, if lucky!
Nvidia and ATI are not only using different “binned” cards, they are literally changing the clocks, up or down a couple %, slapping a new name on them and in some cases simply just renaming and filling the shelves with more of the same product. I cannot understand how the consumer gains from this.
I think “JOE BLOW” should be able to walk in the local computer store and make a choice between five cards from ATI, low-high and five from Nvidia… there is no reason why a person should have to b hardware expert to make a proper decision.
From what nVidia's naming scheme suggests, I think it would be 4890 vs. GTX 285. But it would be odd if the 275 is stronger than 285..