GT300 will be NVIDIA's first DirectX 11 graphics circuit and as the latest rumors have stated it looks like the green camp isn't quit ready to launch, but will wait until next year. The development is a bit behind the competition, AMD, that showed working DirectX 11 hardware last week already, but NVIDIA still has some work to do. NVIDIA will not wait with introducing 40nm chips though, but there is information that suggests these new circuits has DirectX 10.1 support.
Some sources claim NVIDIA has finally decided to upgrade its graphics circuits for DirectX 10.1, something AMD supported all the way since the R600 family back in 2007. Other suggests that the first 40nm circuits, which is budding of from NVIDIA's older G9x family, is limited to DirectX 10.
The one thing that seems pretty clear is that the new 40nm circuits will appear in Q3, named G210 and GT220.
The cards target the entry level market and will be available in several configurations.
GeForce GT 220:
- P681 (DDR3)
- P682 (DDR2)
- P680 (GDDR3)
GeForce G210:
- P690 (DDR3)
- P691 (DDR2)
Prices will be between 30 to 50 USD for NVIDIA's partners which means price will be somewhat higher in stores. These are all pretty low-end cards and feel more like a set of 40nm tests for NVIDIA than any truly serious attempt.
NVIDIA goes low-end 40nm soon, high-end next year
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