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Nvidia unviels the geforce GTX 260 and GTX 280

Selasa, 17 Juni 2008

NVIDIA today released the GeForce GTX 200 series GPUs. The new GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GTX 260 feature the 2nd generation NVIDIA Unified Architecture which delivers 50% more performance, the NVIDIA CUDA technology and support for 3-way SLI. The GeForce GTX 260 has a MSRP of $399 and the GeForce GTX 280 costs $649.

One of the things NVIDIA is stressing with the launch of the GeForce GTX 200 GPUs is the increased role for the GPU in a computing system. The CUDA general-purpose parallel processing mode brings PhysX support to CUDA-enabled graphics cards along with a new generation of programs that tap into the vast processing power of GPUs to significantly speed up certain tasks like video transcoding.

GeForce GTX 260 specification :

GPU Engine Specs:
Processor Cores	192
Graphics Clock (MHz)	576 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz)	1242 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)	36.9

Memory Specs:
Memory Clock (MHz)	999 MHz
Standard Memory Config	896MB GDDR3
Memory Interface Width	448-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)	111.9

Feature Support:
NVIDIA SLI®-ready1	2-/3-way
NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology2	HD
NVIDIA PhysX™-ready3	Yes
NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology	Yes
HybridPower™ Technology4	Yes
GeForce Boost
Microsoft DirectX	10
OpenGL	2.1
Bus Support	PCI-E 2.0 x16
Certified for Windows Vista	Yes

Display Support:
Maximum Digital Resolution	2560 X 1600
Maximum VGA Resolution	2048 X 1536
Standard Display Connectors	2 dual-link DVI and 1 analog HDTV-out
Multi Monitor (# of displays)	2
HDCP5	Yes
HDMI6	Via Adapter
Audio Input for HDMI	SPDIF

GeForce GTX 280 specification :

GPU Engine Specs:

Processor Cores 240

Graphics Clock (MHz) 602 MHz

Processor Clock (MHz) 1296 MHz

Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 48.2

Memory Specs:

Memory Clock (MHz) 1107 MHz

Standard Memory Config 1GB GDDR3

Memory Interface Width 512-bit

Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 141.7

Feature Support:

NVIDIA SLI®-ready1 2-/3-way

NVIDIA PureVideo® Technology2 HD

NVIDIA PhysX™-ready3

NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology

HybridPower™ Technology4

GeForce Boost

Microsoft DirectX 10

OpenGL 2.1

Bus Support PCI-E 2.0 x16

Certified for Windows Vista

Display Support:

Maximum Digital Resolution 2560 X 1600

Maximum VGA Resolution 2048 X 1536

Standard Display Connectors 2 dual-link DVI and 1 analog HDTV-out

Multi Monitor (# of displays) 2

HDCP5

HDMI6 Via Adapter

Audio Input for HDMI SPDIF