NVIDIA is at it again – releasing updates of GPUs under exactly the same name as the previous GPU. After the craziness of the 512MB GeForce 8800 GTS, NVIDIA today launches the GeForce GTX 260. Again. Except that this GTX 260 has more stream processors than the old one.

The big news is that the new GTX 260 has more stream processors than the old one – 216 rather 192 – although this is still less than the GTX 280, which has 240. The rest of the 260′s specs remain the same, including the manufacturing process, which still uses 65nm transistors despite rumours to the contrary. Current pricing puts new GTX 260 cards as costing from £220 to £250 inc VAT – check out our news story reporting where to buy cards.

The new GTX 260 isn’t replacing any of NVIDIA’s current line-up. Instead, it’s designed to beat the massively impressive ATI Radeon HD 4870. This means that if you have a GeForce GTX 260 and fancy buying a second for SLI, you should be able to do so for the foreseeable future.

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