** LAUNCHED TODAY - NVIDIA GT640 **

[rjk]

Hi Guys

Launching today, the NVIDIA GT640

This superb graphics solution boasts an affordable price tag with a very low TDP making it ideal for quiet systems. The GT 640 is also the first mainstream GeForce graphics card capable of driving up to 3 displays for surround gaming and general use, making multi-display more accessible and affordable than ever.

With 2048MB GDDR3 Memory on the board, this mid range masterpiece can really compete with the big players and means you have plenty of VRAM for even the most demanding applications.

Pre Order NOW!!!


KFA2 GeForce GT640 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £89.99 inc VAT

The KFA2 GT 640 2GB supports all of the latest features of New GeForce 600 series, including Adaptive Vsync for smoother game play, PhysX, DirectX 11, and Blu-Ray 3D support. The GT 640 is also the first mainstream GeForce graphics card capable of driving up to 3 displays for surround gaming and general use, making multi-display more accessible and affordable than ever. The most common display types are supported right out of the box, including HDMI, DVI, and VGA.

- 384 Cuda Cores
- 900MHz Core Clock
- 1800MHz Shader Clock
- 2048MB GDDR3 Memory
- 1800MHz Memory Speed
- 128-Bit Memory Interface
- Cool, Quiet, Fast and Affordable
- Better Videos, Photos, Web, and Games
- Greater Productivity
- SMX power efficiency
- Quad display support
- 9 x over integrated
- TDP 65W
- 2yr Warranty

Only £89.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[Mirmo]

Wonder how this will bench? Cheaper than a 460!

 

[mothermachine]

Wish I'd waited for this instead of my 2GB 460. Would be perfect for CAD. Low power, relatively mid-range performance and lots of RAM for CUDA. Also a nice choice for HTPCs.

 

[rjk]

it is the budget card of choise at the moment. certainly puts a 460 in its place.

 

[tamzzy]

from what i've read at other review sites, the gt640 is initially launching with ddr3, not gddr3/gddr5...so it'll be very heavily bandwidth starved

 

[horrorwood]

it is the budget card of choise at the moment. certainly puts a 460 in its place.

From the only review I can see of the DDR3 version it looks far slower than a 460?

It doesn't even keep up with the 6750? yet it costs more!

 

[tamzzy]

yea, best to wait for the launch of the gddr5 version

 

[T345]

It might be slower than a 6850/ 460?

 

[tamzzy]

thg benched the gt640 ddr3 and it looks like the performance is around a hd6670 +/- 5%

 

[Boomstick777]

Looking at previews the HD 7750 is faster and cheaper than this card? Maybe the future DDR5 version will do a bit better..

 

[BigChief]

Fingers crossed for the GDDR5 version. Could be the card of choice for my lil bro's rig I will be putting together in a few months.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

According to Toms Hardware this card is beaten by an HD6670 GDDR5 in 4 of 7 tests including BF3,Metro2033 and Crysis 2.

Even,if GDDR5 adds 40% performance,this card will barely beat the first version of the HD7750 GDDR5 it seems. The worst thing the HD7750 has a cut down GPU too,with the HD7770 having the full GPU. Both the GK107 and Cape Verde are more or less the same size too,and an HD7770 looks to be faster even if the GT640 gains GDDR5.

ATM,this card is not that great for the price. If you want good performance/watt,the HD7750 is cheaper and if you want performance an HD6850 can be had for under £100.
Even the HD7770 can be had for around £100 now:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-158-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

This should have been launched with GDDR5 at under £100. I don't see HD7750 prices shifting for a while now.

 

[koooowweeee]

it is the budget card of choise at the moment. certainly puts a 460 in its place.

any benches?

 

[shadow_boxer]

it is the budget card of choise at the moment. certainly puts a 460 in its place.

Really? Benchmarks generally put the 640 at roughly 20% slower than the 7750 and here's how that compares to the GTX640.

7750 Vs 1GB GTX460

The 6850 and GTX460 are still the best cards available for around £100.

 

[mahius]

I was excited when I first saw this. Then I went on a binge searching for benchmarks and comparisons. It seems to be worse than the similarly price GTX550ti. However if it goes down to £70 or less it would be worth it to buy this. I can't remember the exact site but apparently the performance of the 2GB gddr5 is supposed to be similar to the GTX550ti. Even so, with the current price of the gddr3 version, when that comes out, it'll be more expensive and just as bad value for money. To sell these cards right nvidia need to sort out the pricing. I'll stick to my ati hd6770 (still better performance than this for a lower price).

Criticisms aside it's a pretty nice piece of hardware. It squeezes power in at just under the 75W limit of the PCIe bus and so doesn't need any power cables or even a high wattage PSU. Very good performance for power. And 2gb memory should be useful for high resolutions and multi-monitor displays. Plus it's brand new so hopefully the price will settle down after a while. And we should get a better idea of how good it is once consumers have tried it out. There's hardly any videos of this card either in action or being unboxed.

Still, is this a taste of whats to come with the GTX 650s and 660s? Will nvidia continue to make these cards more expensive than the competitors (including the 500 series). The 650 would probably be around similar price mark to the 560ti and the 660 will be around 570s price. Anyone wanting to buy a GT640 right now, I'd go for a hd6850 instead or wait it out and see what happens.

Going a bit off topic...
Whats with the 4GB RAM requirement for the HD7750?

 

[Snodge]

Do these require 6 pin?

 

[HeX]

Holy thread resurrection!

 

[rjk]

thread is 3 years old. honestly don't know.