October 1st, 2008

NVIDIA wants to beat a Radeon 4870 with 260 GTX

To confirm rumors that NVIDIA is preparing a new, faster version of GeForce GTX 260 Apparently it has yet to be constructed on a 65-nm technology, and instead hold more units, and perhaps a shade higher strong.

The exact specifications are not yet known, although saying that a number of processors in streams improved GTX 260 will be between 192 and 240 With the changes made, cards based on the new GPU have to overtake in terms of competitive performance Radeon HD 4870. Unfortunately, the new GeForce GTX 260 is also be slightly more expensive than the current one. More details on the new NVIDIA child should know within the next few days.

As you can see, a company in Santa Clara at any price as soon as possible to answer the ATI crown performance – both in the category of cards with two, and with one GPU. Recall that the Radeon HD 4870 X2 NVIDIA wants to overcome with the new GT200, as implemented in 55 nm. It appears also to the fact that the company has big problems with the new process, since despite the announcement of 55-nm GT200 still intends brought further work produced in 65 nm.