14 DAY TRIAL // Though it chose not to issue a press release to honor its appearance, NVIDIA released a new Fermi-based 400 Series video card, the so-called GeForce GT 440, which is designed for makers of branded systems.
In terms of gaming hardware, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 see to the needs of the enthusiast market, while the GTX 460 is aimed at the upper level of the mainstream.
The GTS 450 also delivers a high gaming prowess, being the successor to the popular GTS 250.
Now, the Santa Clara, California-based company has added a new model to its lineup, one aimed at casual gamers and which is more affordable than its siblings.
The video card in question is the GeForce GT 440 and has a graphics processing unit running at 549 MHz.
The board also boasts 144 stream processor and a memory interface of 192 bits, which seems to point towards the GF106 GPU.
The newcomer also includes a solid amount of memory, either 1.5 GB or 3.0 GB of GDDR3 to be exact, whose frequency can be set at 1,600 MHz or 1,800 MHz.
Furthermore, the shader clock is of 1,189 MHz and the product, of course, supports its maker's various technologies, such as 3D Vision, PhysX, NVIDIA PureVideo HD and CUDA.
The feature set also includes the obligatory DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.0, HDCP, decoding of such formats as Blu-ray 3D (MPEG4-MVC) and 2-way SLI, for multi-GPU configurations.
NVIDIA created this board for casual gamers, although it only offers it, for now at least, to OEMs, so the actual price tag is unknown, although it is likely of under $100.
Those interested in a fist-hand view of all information available on the GT 440 need only visit the official product page that the hardware maker has added to its website.