14 DAY TRIAL // With most of NVIDIA's latest cards being dual-slot video boards, Sparkle decided to offer the mainstream market a single-slot version of the GeForce GTS 450, one known by the codename of SXS4501024D5SNMS.
For those interested in a reminder, the GeForce GTS 450 is based on NVIDIA's GF106 graphics processing unit.
This card is aimed at the bulk of the mainstream market and is the junior sibling of the GeForce GTX 460 and the other more powerful GTX 400 cards.
Sparkle has now created a model that takes up less space inside computers thanks to its single-slot cooler with a fan that boasts the premium 7010 centrifugal design.
Said cooler also features two heatpipes, as well as copper fins, the overall cooling prowess being enough to even allow for a measure of factory overclocking.
To be more specific, Sparkle pushed the frequency of the graphics processing unit (GPU) to 789 MHz, while the shaders and memory operate at 1,579 MHz and 3,760 MHz.
The list of specifications also includes 192 CUDA cores, a memory interface of 128 bits and three video outputs, a pair of DVI connectors and a mini HDMI port to be more precise.
Of course, the board supports all the technologies that the reference solution is equipped with, such a DirectX 11 graphics, Shader Model 5.0, NVIDIA Quantum Effects technology, for physics computation, and GigaThread technology.
What's more, the CUDA technology promises to accelerate such tasks as video transcoding by taking full advantage of the aforementioned 192 processor cores.
Unfortunately, Sparkle did not offer any sort of exact pricing or details, although the final tag should not be too far from the $130 mark that all GTS 450 cards revolve around.
Mainstream gamers need only wait until retailers start listing this product, although it is still unclear how long it will take for shipments to actually start.