14 DAY TRIAL // It seems that Fermi GF100-based graphics adapters aren't the only NVIDIA-based products that will come out soon. Even though graphics card makers are mainly focused on raising the hype of their new, still unreleased DirectX 11 cards, some are also working on making new kinds of products based on older graphics processing units. Galaxy, for instance, is not just preparing for its introduction of the GeForce GTX 470, but has also been devising a dual-GTS 250 card.
Instead of just a simple leak, the graphics adapter was supposedly tested under 3DMark Vantage. Obviously, the upcoming card from Galaxy uses two GeForce GTS 250 graphics processing units. These are clocked at 600MHz and each of them is paired with its own 512MB of GDDR3 memory, memory which has a clock frequency set at 1000MHz. The shader clock is set at 1500MHz.
These specifications may not look like much at first glance (compared to current high-end offerings), but Galaxy is also offering the Galaxy Magic Panel HD software. This application is a program that allows users to adjust frequencies and, according to Expreview, a certain test had the GPU, shader and memory clocked at 675MHz, 1000MHz and 1696MHz respectively. In these conditions, 3DMarckVantage supposedly yielded a score of P13964, which is somewhere between what a GTX 285 and a GTX260 can accomplish.
The card itself comes with a cooler made up of two GPU heatsinks. These heatsinks have spirally-projecting fins and their own fans. The memory and VRM areas are also covered by a heatsink segment of their own, ensuring that the card won't easily fail from overheating even when overclocked. Other specifications include 128 unified shaders, DirectX 10.1 and shader model 4.0 support and a bus width of 256 bits.
Unfortunately, there is no indication of when, where and at what price this graphics adapter is launched.