ELSA hints GT206 and GT212

[Vincent]

GT212 had 384 SPs.

384 SP ???

So, Is it the first Geforce version derived from the Fermi architecture ( No DP)?

or just another DX10.1 GT200 with extra SPs ?

 

[Ailuros]

Whatever GT212 exactly was if you look at this vaporware's GT21x@40nm grandchildren today I doubt it was worth the hussle at all.

 

[trinibwoy]

Why is that? Do they underperform their specs?

 

[Ailuros]

Why is that? Do they underperform their specs?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42786968@N05/sets/72157622520411613/

The results are so boring that it's not even worth mentioning against a 9600GT; and yes there are obviously differences in spefications between the two, but it's still not a product that would turn any heads. Probably some OEMs for the fancy 10.1 sticker but that's about it. If the GT215 would be clocked higher it would of course make a difference.

 

[Jawed]

http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/17979

The GeForce GT 240 has a 40-nm DirectX 10.1 GPU, just like the GeForce GT 220 and G210, but it also features 96 stream processors, a 550MHz core clock speed, a 1340MHz shader speed, a 128-bit memory interface, and either 512MB or 1GB of memory. That memory can be either 850MHz GDDR5 (i.e. 3400MT/s, or total memory bandwidth of 54.4GB/s) or slower, 1000MHz DDR3. The card draws 70W under load.

 

[trinibwoy]

Wow, Nvidia finally has GDDR5 parts in retail....thought I'd never see the day.

 

[AnarchX]

According to PCGH 727 mio. transistors.

 

[neliz]

Wow, Nvidia finally has GDDR5 parts in retail....thought I'd never see the day.

Lol... no .. they ANNOUNCED a GDDR 5 part
Seen how all the other GDDR5 parts are on backorder for the next few weeks it looks like a December launch to me (correct me if I'm wrong.)

(it also doesn't help that it's priced higher than the HD4850)

edit: I am wrong, european price searches turn up nada but it is available in the US... but still $100 for a 9600GT?

 

[Jawed]

http://techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GeForce_GT_240/1.htmlhttp://techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GeForce_GT_240/3.html

SLI is done over PCI Express as there's no SLI connectors. Still have no idea how big the die is. Or the fillrates.

Jawed

 

[Cookie Monster]

Guru3d review

 

[Speccy]

SLI is done over PCI Express as there's no SLI connectors.

Have you actually seen SLI benchmarks?

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/geforce-gt-240,review-31731-2.html

Hoping that SLI might be supported over the PCI Express bus, we tried running our two test samples together. However, the driver panel wouldn't show us the option to enable SLI. Confused, we asked Nvidia for a bit of clarification. The company let us know that the GeForce GT 240 does not support SLI, and that Nvidia "typically hasn’t supported SLI for sub-$99 products, as users typically upgrade instead of buying a second card."

 

[XMAN26]

Have you actually seen SLI benchmarks?

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/geforce-gt-240,review-31731-2.html

Which is why we can find SLi connectors on 9500GTs?! go figure.

 

[Tchock]

Oooh gosh, better have everything in hardware next time. nVidia seems to be on a locking spree these days.

 

[Jawed]

Have you actually seen SLI benchmarks?

No I hadn't. The article I linked said so and I left it at that

Jawed

 

[mczak]

This is the only review so far which I've seen which had both GDDR5 (1700Mhz) and DDR3 (only 800Mhz) memory cards: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,6...ste-DirectX-101-Grafikkarte/Grafikkarte/Test/

The results are imho (but we already knew this) a bit disappointing. The gddr5 version struggles to keep up with the GT9600 (guess mostly due to half the rops?), while the ddr3 version has a hard time beating the HD4670.
Why is that chip so big btw? Die size identical to rv740 (no way it keeps up with that...), transistor count almost the same as g92 while having way less functional units (half the rops and texture units, 3/4 the alus, and no unless GT200 it can't claim wasted transistors for DP). Oh right it got DX10.1...
Though power/performance is quite good, at least for now it can rightfully claim the title "fastest card without pcie power connector", since its power consumption is about the same as HD4670 and (at least the GDDR5 version) is definitely around 20% or so faster on average.
SLI connector missing a cost cutting measure? Despite that and oem's cutting further corners (silly noisy fan without fan control) priced too high.

 

[neliz]

Can you imagine that it was targeted as a G92 replacement some time back?
I think Degustator promoted it a couple of pages back:

G92 is able to compete with 4850, why do you think that GT215 won't be able to compete with RV740?

It would be all fine and dandy if it was actually running at the clocks he's talking about (1Ghz) and not the clocks it's running on now (550 and 650 for the to be anounced OC models)

 

[Tchock]

Oh, and can someone who has the card TRY to overclock the memory over 1Ghz (2/4Ghz)?

I'd like to see if something blows up or if the card accidentallys something (most likely the whole thing)

 

[DegustatoR]

Still have no idea how big the die is.

139 mm^2 according to PCGH.

 

[Jawed]

139 mm^2 according to PCGH.

And we still have to guesstimate 0.5mm per dimension of packaging, I presume, which would result in about 128mm².

At a sane 1680x1050:

http://techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GeForce_GT_240/30.html

RV740 is 143% performance for 107% die size on the same process. 150%+ performance at higher resolutions.

Jawed

 

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