Zotac 55nm GeForce GTX 260 smiles for the camera

helmutcheese · 5 Dec 2008 at 19:35

I'm just passing on news guys, not wanting any BS or Trolling Thanks.

QUOTED :

" As painfully shy as the 55nm GT200 has proven to be, it is seeing the light of day in the Quadro FX 4800 and 5800 models and will also reach desktop early next year. As seen below, at least one Nvidia partner, Zotac is ready with one 55nm card, a GeForce GTX 260 with 216 Processing Cores. Featuring a blue painted P654 PCB (the 'older' GTX 200s use the P651 PCB ), the upcoming card has the 55nm GPU (G200-103-B2), 4+2 phase power, the "usual" 448-bit memory interface and no less than 14 GDDR3 chips, thus enabling a total of 1.5GB of onboard memory.

Although consuming less power, the 55nm GTX 260 still features two 6-pin PCIe connectors with the cooling solution used also remaining unchanged from the 65nm GT200-powered cards. Set to feature the same frequencies as the currently-available models, the 55nm Zotac GeForce GTX 260 is expected to arrive in January. No word on pricing though. "

Duke · 5 Dec 2008 at 19:42

14 GDDR3 chips :eek:

AlexTrickle · 5 Dec 2008 at 19:43

1.5GB on board memory. Wow! :O

jak731 · 5 Dec 2008 at 19:46

1.5GB graphics card, maybe this will run GTAIV on medium a bit more smoothly :rolleyes:

Does feel like the pc gaming market is having a slow death these days what with the rubbish ports and stupid drm.

helmutcheese · 5 Dec 2008 at 19:47

jak731 said:
1.5GB graphics card, maybe this will run GTAIV on medium a bit more smoothly

Does feel like the pc gaming market is having a slow death these days what with the rubbish ports and stupid drm.

Yip, don't give them your cash IMO, that will work better than buying the games and then moaning.

jak731 · 5 Dec 2008 at 19:53

Seems like the more user friendly option atm, shame though as it will probably help perpetuate the cycle.

Firegod · 5 Dec 2008 at 19:54

helmutcheese said:
Yip, don't give them your cash IMO, that will work better than buying the games and then moaning.

Quite true. We have some good hardware, then lazy dev's just port over rubbish. We have had some good games though.

I was looking to get GTAIV and read the terrible comments, so spent my cash on Left 4 Dead instead. I think that was the better choice! lol.

About the card, seems good! When are nVidia planning to use GDDR5 like ATi though?

helmutcheese · 5 Dec 2008 at 19:57

Firegod said:
Quite true. We have some good hardware, then lazy dev's just port over rubbish. We have had some good games though. I was looking to get GTAIV and read the terrible comments, so spent my cash on Left 4 Dead instead. I think that was the better choice! lol.

About the card, seems good! When are nVidia planning to use GDDR5 like ATi though?

On the next real lot of cards, remember this is simply the 55nm refresh same previous cards like 9800GTX got (became 9800GTX+) nice chunk of extra Memory though.

Firegod · 5 Dec 2008 at 20:09

helmutcheese said:
On the next real lot of cards, remember this is simply the 55nm refresh same previous cards like 9800GTX got (became 9800GTX+) nice chunk of extra Memory though.

Ahh cool.

reflux · 5 Dec 2008 at 20:10

And we need 1.5gb of graphics RAM why?

I smell a cheap attempt by Nvidia to make the card seem better than it is.

psychas · 5 Dec 2008 at 20:17

gddr3 is cheap now so why not.

280 55 nm 2 gig gddr 3 maybe ?

260gx2 3 gig gddr 3 ?

gurusan · 5 Dec 2008 at 20:24

I hope it clocks even better than the 65nm, which clocks pretty well itself.

GSDog · 5 Dec 2008 at 20:26

Any guesses on how much this will cost?

I don't know what to do now. I need to get a new GFX card this month when I build my new rig.
Does anyone know what the stepup program is like on EVGA and BFG cards? Would it be worth buying a 65nm GTX260 card now and using the stepup program when these new cards are released, or do they charge a ridiculous amount for a stepup?

RavenXXX2 · 5 Dec 2008 at 20:32

They charge a ridiculous amount for step-up

These new cards are just the same spec as the current 260/216 just on a 55nm process, you may get better overclocks and a cooler running chip but that's it, I would just get a card now.

helmutcheese · 5 Dec 2008 at 20:34

reflux said:
And we need 1.5gb of graphics RAM why?

I smell a cheap attempt by Nvidia to make the card seem better than it is.

You don't need buy it. :rolleyes:

GSDog · 5 Dec 2008 at 20:35

RavenXXX2 said:
They charge a ridiculous amount for step-up These new cards are just the same spec as the current 260/216 just on a 55nm process, you may get better overclocks and a cooler running chip but that's it, I would just get a card now.

That's what I thought, thanks.

GJ02 · 5 Dec 2008 at 21:55

what we talking £££ for one of these then ?

helmutcheese · 5 Dec 2008 at 22:00

I do not think Nvidia will make that same mistake again.

Remember the GTX280 never sold well at launch even though it was the fastest card avail, peeps simply did not want to pay the high price.

Current 260 216's are now fairly priced so they may fall a tad more by this release and it will fill the price gap.

Sean_UK · 6 Dec 2008 at 00:57

mosleypup said:
what we talking £££ for one of these then ?

At a guess, most likely cost between £240 to £270, with current 260's rrp been reduced to shade under £200.

reflux · 6 Dec 2008 at 00:59

helmutcheese said:
You don't need buy it.

No, and I won't be.

More unimaginative business tactics by Nvidia; would be nice to see them give up this carp and actually make some really fast cards. ATi have properly caught them off guard this round.