14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this month, Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA debuted its first 40nm graphics processing units, consequently refreshing its line of mobile GPUs with five new models, the GTS 260M, GTS 250M, GT 240M, GT230M and G210M. However, the company is yet to unveil its first desktop GPUs to take advantage of the new manufacturing process, delivering a boost of energy efficiency and higher performance to desktop PC users. According to some recent reports on the Internet, the chip maker is actually planning the launch of such cards, which will be available in the form of the G210 and GT 220 models, replacing the current GeForce 9400M and 9500M models.
According to a recent news-article on vr-zone, the leading graphics chip maker is planning the launch of at least two 40nm-based cards, the GT220 and G210, both of which will be designed with support for DirectX 10 and will be available in October. The launch date is influenced by TSMC's problems with its 40nm manufacturing node, which is expected to enter mass production in August.
The G210 will be based on the GT218 graphics core and will boast the P960 and P691 PCB designs, with support for both DDR3 and DDR2 memory solutions. The new card will feature 24 shader processors clocked at 1425MHz, while its core will boast a frequency of 600MHz. Designed to replace the GeForce 9400 series, the new solution will make use of the 64-bit 512MB of DDR2/DDR3 memory, clocked at 800MHz. Pricing is said to range between US$30-$35.
NVIDIA's GT 220 will be based on the GT215 core and will be available in three variants, with the P681 (DDR3), P682 (DDR2) and P680 (GDDR3) PCB designs. It will boast 48 shader processors clocked at 1375MHz with the core set to work at 625MHz. The memory capacity will be set at 1GB, using 128-bit memory, clocked at 800MHz. Designed to replace and outperform the GeForce 9500 GT, the card will be priced between US$55-$60.