At the lens, the 55-nanometer GeForce GTX 260
The "third generation" GTX 260 may debut in January of next year.
For the third time in a year, NVIDIA is making some changes to its GeForce GTX 260 graphics controller. The vomited fate of the VGA premiere this year on June 16 took place then on September 16 launched an enhanced shade version of it. Although the GTX 260-216 has approached its main rival, the ATI Radeon HD 4870, in terms of price and performance, cosmetics have not brought the long-awaited success - both consumers and partner companies they remained indifferent towards the old-new video card, even if the "recalcitrants" over time yet they were made their own transcript.
The GT192 graphic processor with 200 shading units is codenamed G200-100-A2, the GPU 216 SP version is codenamed G200-103-A2, and the 55 nanometer version is codenamed G200-103-B2. The latter competes not only with the "third generation" GeForce GTX 260, but also with the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 GeForce GTX 295 will also serve as a basis.
Through the photos presented by Expreview, we can take a closer look at the GeForce GTX 55, now equipped with a 260-nanometer GPU from ZOTAC's workshop, but what is even more interesting is the image comparing the old and the new PCB.
The printed circuit board, named P654, is the property of the 55-nanometer GTX 260, with ten layers of all memory chips (14 pieces) instead of one side. The predecessor, P651, on the other hand, consists of 14 layers, in other words, the use of the new PCB results in a lower production cost.
However, the presence of state-of-the-art manufacturing technology does not affect the parameters of the GTX 260, everything remains the same. In the same way, power is drawn through two six-pin sockets and the factory cooling is not replaced. There has been no change in the technical data, the clock speeds are the same, the GPU is still operating effectively at 576, the 216 SP 1242 and the 896 MB GDDR3 memory is operating at 1998 MHz, but we can be sure that most manufacturers will change this, as was done for the GTX 260-216.
