Nvidia GeForce GT 640 Review: Cramming Kepler Into GK107

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Afox sent us its rendition of the new GeForce GT 640, based on Nvidia's GK107 GPU. This one slots in under the existing GeForce GTS 450 to do battle with AMD's Radeon HD 6670. Does the Kepler architecture deliver, or is a $100 price target too high?

Benchmark Results: Diablo III

Diablo 3 is one of the fastest-selling PC games of all time, and although it has relatively low system requirements, it makes sense to include it in a test of budget graphics cards like this:

Of the cards in our test group, only Nvidia’s GeForce GT 440 GDDR5 truly struggles to maintain playable performance, as witnessed in the frame rate-over-time charts.

At 1920x1080, the GeForce GT 640 DDR3 and Radeon HD 6670 GDDR5 dip below 60 FPS, but still manage to serve up acceptable performance, always staying above 40 FPS.

Don Woligroski
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.