14 DAY TRIAL // As end-users likely know by now, NVIDIA's consumer-oriented GeForce GT 440 graphics card has now reached stores, courtesy of many of its partners, one of them now revealed to be Club 3D.
While NVIDIA's 500 series of video cards has definitely garnered its share of attention, it is now time for the lower-end boards to shine, so to speak.
The GeForce GT 440 is the newest Fermi card to launch and, instead of high-end systems, is intended for multimedia-centric, compact desktops.
Some would call it a solution fit for a HTPC (home theater personal computer), but the versions so far launched have full-height PCBs instead of low profile ones, putting a dent into their usability in most SFF (small form factor) cases.
The new device from Club 3D is more or less similar to the ones brought forth by the likes of Gigabyte, Sparkle, Zotac, ASUS and Palit.
It has the 40nm GPU (graphics processing unit) working at a clock speed of 810 MHz and paired with 1 GB of DDR3 VRAM (1800 MHz). The 96 CUDA cores run at 1189 MHz.
In addition to DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1 is supported, as is True and DTS-HD Audio Bitstreaming and Hardware Video Decode Acceleration.
To these are added NVIDIA's own technologies, them being PhysX, CUDA, PureVideo HD and, for multi-GPU setups, SLI.
Finally, aided by the HDMI 1.4, NVIDIA's 3D Vision technology is available as a feature, meaning that any video in up to Full HD quality, even 1080p Blu-ray 3D disks, can be streamed to compatible 3D viewing solutions.
Other specifications include dual-link DVI, a memory interface of 128 bits, HDCP compatibility and an active cooler.
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