Nvidia GT 220 Reviews

Lightnix · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:27

rafster said:
Great card, ordered 10 of them

For batman right?

LoadsaMoney · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:34

He's gona need more than 10 of them to run Batman, especially with PhysX on, as that flowing cape KO's your framerate by about 40 :eek:

JediFragger · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:36

Lightnix said:
For batman right?

Pffffffft he's got 10 Fermi's already for heating the Batcave

londonbairn · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:38

Haha, according to Nvidia 1 will be enough to trump the 5870 I am sure

madindehead · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:42

Well, from what I read on there the TechPowerUp review, in the conclusion, what that it's not really intended for gaming really. Just a desktop card. Hell, if they can make money off them, why not.

Greebo · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:43

yeah they are clearly aimed at the big box oem market.

madindehead · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:44

Yeah. Should keep nVidia ticking over for a while. Maybe they sold a batch to OEMs.

queamin · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:48

The problem is when w7 is out i would have thought oem's would want to push dx11

madindehead · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:50

Most people don't care about DX11 though. I bet 90% of all PC users don't even know what DX11 is! This is most probably Nvidia making cash, from the 90% of average PC users, who use their PCs to browse the net, buy stuff online, and get their bank details stolen in phising scams.

NickK · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:02

faugusztin said:
Jesus, those press releases are hilarious :
http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?105883

"ZOTAC GeForce GT 220 graphics cards feature 48 lightning-fast processing cores while the more affordable ZOTAC GeForce 210 features 16 processing cores."

"lightning-fast processing cores"

Sometimes I think marketing types have awards for the corruption and abuse of the english language. The best marketing is concise, clear and completely devoid if crap like this.

El Jimben · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:25

Shouldn't NVIDIA worry about getting the GT300 out to give ATI some decent nextgen competition instead of rehashing old products under new names (again)? :rolleyes:

madindehead · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:27

El Jimben said:
Shouldn't NVIDIA worry about getting the GT300 out to give ATI some decent nextgen competition instead of rehashing old products under new names (again)?

This is simply for people who don't game. It's a bit of cash. These are hardly gaming GPUs.

NickK · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:28

madindehead said:
This is simply for people who don't game. It's a bit of cash. These are hardly gaming GPUs.

These GPU sales pay for their R&D...

madindehead · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:36

NickK said:
These GPU sales pay for their R&D...

Summed it up in one NicKK. This is Nvidia's bread and butter for the next few months. Cheap GPUs for everyday desktop PCs.

Xelene · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:41

Shame the 57xx series is launching in a few hours.

madindehead · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:44

sldsmkd said:
Shame the 57xx series is launching in a few hours.

Why is it a shame? These aren't exactly meant to compete with those cards...

Junk · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:48

hmmm.. fanboi alert this thread. never known so many charlies in one place.

madindehead · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:56

Junk said:
hmmm.. fanboi alert this thread. never known so many charlies in one place.

I'm guessing you are talking about the ATi fanbois here?

madindehead · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:59

Monkeynut said:
They've not just dropped a ball with this, they've dropped the entire sack.

gvers said:
Roll on tomorrow. Lets see how it compares with the mid range 5xxx cards.

Can you not see, that these cards are hardly meant to compete with the mid range 5xxx cards.

Xelene · 12 Oct 2009 at 21:05

madindehead said:
Why is it a shame? These aren't exactly meant to compete with those cards...

My bad, didn't look at the specs enough. The 57xx is a midrange performance part. We should wait until next month for the 53xx.