Nvidia Announces Entry-Level GT 720 Graphics Card

Nvidia announced the GT 720, an entry-level graphics card based on the GK208 GPU. The Kepler-based card is built on the 28 nm fabrication process and runs at a frequency of 797 MHz. The card will come with two memory configurations: a 1 GB DDR3 variant with memory running at 1.8 GHz, and a 2 GB GDDR5 variant with memory running at 5.0 GHz.

For gaming, you won't get a lot of power from these cards--you're probably better off spending your money on a more powerful secondhand card. That said, given the large number of passively cooled cards, we might be seeing these in some media center configurations and office PCs that need a little more oomph than integrated graphics can provide. Pricing is expected to sit around $50 for most models. 

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  • illuminatuz
    Oops.. I meant the 870..
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  • illuminatuz
    Come on!! Release the 870 & 770 already!!! Please do not hold a separate event for the two cards!! I'm soo impatient..
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  • Memnarchon
    "a 1 GB DDR3 variant with memory running at 1.8 GHz, and a 2 GB GDDR5 variant with memory running at 5.0 GHz."
    Oo Its usually the opposite... (2GB for cheap DDR3 and 1GB for the expensive GDDR5)
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  • illuminatuz
    I meant the 870 & 880.... release them fast nvidia.. I'm soo impatient..
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  • InvalidError
    I wonder how well that will fare compared to the A10-78xx and Broadwell IGPs. Definitely not expecting much from the DDR3 variant - particularly now that you can get DDR3-2133 for almost the same price as DDR3-1600 to give the IGP a boost.
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  • icemunk
    Apparently around 700 gigaflops. The Tegra K1 has about 300 gigaflops for comparison.
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  • Joseph DeGarmo
    Enough with the 700 series already. We're long overdue for the 800 series. Quite frankly, it would not be surprising to see a 790 dual-GPU launch before the 880. *sigh*
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  • ozicom
    It's a shame to call this tiny thing GT :) Just call it G.
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  • takeshi7
    Is that a PCIe x8 connector?
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  • InvalidError
    13942581 said:
    Is that a PCIe x8 connector?
    Looks like it.

    Even high-end GPUs do not give PCIe x16 much of a workout so x8 for ultra-low-end GPUs should be perfectly fine and it shaves a few pennies off the manufacturing cost.
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