Month November 2010

Review roundup – 11/30

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Leaked Palit GeForce GTX 570 spec sheet

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Sweclockers has posted a leaked spec sheet from Palit that probably has the final specifications of nVIDIA’s next release, the GTX 570. The new card of course will based on the GF110 GPU and will come with one shader module disabled, meaning 480 CUDA cores and two memory controllers less giving a 320bit memory interface with 1280MB of GDDR5 memory onboard. It will feature clocks of 732/1464/3800MHz for the GPU, the CUDA cores, and for the memory respectively. We can expect similar performance levels as the GTX480,  but with lower power consumption so the GTX 570 will need “only” two 6-pin PCIe power connectors with its TDP being 225W. On connectivity it will feature two dual-link DVI outputs and one mini-HDMI connector meeting the 1.4a standards. Embargo on the cards will be lifted on the 7th of December, so cards can be expected to arrive in e-tail the following day, putting the launch on the 8th of December.

Palit GeForce GTX 570 spec sheet

GeForce GT 530 & GTS 550 landing in 2011/Q1?

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nVIDIA seems to be preparing a refresh for their mainstream line-up early next year, with cards that utilize fully enabled chips or so do the guys at Fudzilla and Expreview. The GT 530 will come with somewhat raised clocks and GDDR5 memory to avoid the the bandwidth limitations of the GDDR3  used on the GT430. The GTS 550 will probably come with bit higher clocks and all 5 shader modules enabled totaling 240 Cuda cores and with two extra memory controllers in addition to enable a 192-bit memory interface. It’s all speculation so take it with a grain of salt, but here are my bets:

GTS 550:
16ROPs/40TMUs/240CCs @ ~830MHz
192bit- 1.5GB GDDR5 @ ~3800MHz

GT 530:
8ROPs/16TMUs/96CCs @ ~780MHz
128bit – 1GB GDDR5 @ ~3400MHz

Review roundup – 11/23

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