14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like NVIDIA's newest entry-level graphics adapter has already started to show up in slightly different forms, one of them having been provided by PNY Technologies and bearing the name of Verto GeForce GT 520.
NVIDIA's GeForce GT 520 graphics adapter has only just been formally announced, but already OEMs are on the move.
Until now, NVIDIA had mostly kept to the high-end and mainstream consumer segments, but this newcomer should finally make its market coverage complete, or close enough.
Basically, the board will replace the GeForce GT 220 and is powered by the GF119 GPU (graphics processing unit), the same one used in the 520M mobile, though this is hardly surprising.
This chip has 48 processing cores (CUDA cores), 4 ROP units, 8 texturing units and a memory interface of 64 bits, plus, of course, DirectX 11 support.
PNY's versions does not depart from the standard specifications, although the press release, curiously, dub the adapter a mainstream product instead of an entry-level one.
Either way, the GPU is clocked at 810 MHz and the shaders at 1,620 MHz, leading to a memory bandwidth of 14.35 GB/s (the amount of VRAM is 1 GB of DDR3)
"This mainstream graphics card caters to a wide variety of consumers looking to upgrade their PCs to handle the now everyday tasks of living in a digital world," said Nicholas Mauro, senior marketing manager, PC components for PNY.
"It's an ideal solution to enhance your overall computer visualization experience at an affordable cost."
Other specifications of the controller include a texture fill rate of 6.5 billion/second and an effective memory data rate of 1794 MHz.
Likely to sell for about $60, the PNY Verto GeFoce GT 520 will be accompanied by a bonus full-length movie download from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, one of 35 titles. A three-year warranty is provided.