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Nvidia Starts to Quietly Sell GeForce GTS 240 on OEM Market.

Nvidia Rolls Out GeForce GTS 240 for PC Makers

[07/28/2009 12:37 PM]
by Anton Shilov

Nvidia Corp. has quietly started to offer GeForce GTS 240 graphics cards to original equipment manufacturers. The new offering from the leading designer of graphics chips is not something new, but a rebranded version of the GeForce 9800 GT product that is a re-named version of the model 8800 GT, a device launched back in late 2007.

Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 is based on the aging G92b chip that was initially released back in late 2007 and which performance was similar to the G80 (GeForce 8800 GTX/GTS), launched in late 2006. The G92b graphics processing unit (in its GTS 240 incarnation) made using 55nm process technology features 112 stream processors, 28 texture units, 16 render back end units, 256-bit memory controller, hardware acceleration of video playback and post-processing, etc. Clock-speeds of the GeForce GTS 240 graphics solution are generally similar to those of the previously available offerings: 675MHz for the chip, 1620MHz for stream processors, 2200MHz for GDDR3 memory. Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 will be equipped with 1GB of memory, hence, will provide an advantage of two-year-old solutions.

Since the GeForce GTS 240 is based on the generally outdated graphics processor, it will not offer functionality like DirectX 10.1 or more advanced.

Currently the GeForce GTS 240 is only offered to PC makers, but it is likely that at some point such graphics cards may be offered on the channel market. In fact, rebranding of the product comes months after Nvidia was rumoured to rebrand its GeForce 9800 GT to GTS 240, but decided not to do it on the channel market for some reasons.

Tags: Nvidia, Geforce, G92, 55nm, 65nm, G92b

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Latest comment: 10/09/09 12:02:07 PM

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hi guys
at a close inspection the gts240 looks similar to the gts250 however its 112 processor cores is slightly down on the 128 in the gts250
and the 675mhz core clock again is slightly down on the 738mhz core in the gts250,however the 1100mhz(2200mhz ddr effective)is the same in both the gts240 and gts250
so why release the gts240?...well its mainly a cheaper oem graphics solution for manufactuers like dell and acer who can throw them in their gaming systems and at around 25% cheaper than the gts250 this suits the manufactuers well
however wonder how much they will be when they are finally sold to the end user ?
intersting addition though !
0 0 [Posted by: brianthesnail  | Date: 08/12/09 08:00:19 AM]
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guys.. even tho this is a similar and rebranded 9800gt as many said,
the price really diff u know, i live in MY and 9800gt cost 400 (512mb),
but u know how much this GTS 240 cost me ? only 280! and it beats
9800gt that is priced at 400, 280-480 is a huge diff, plus i got the performance too.
0 0 [Posted by: wakuzaku  | Date: 10/09/09 12:02:07 PM]
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