Galaxy GeForce GT 240 GDDR3 Review
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Nvidia has been pretty busy on the product launch front recently. But, the product that everyone has been waiting for is missing from the launch party. According to the recent rumblings in the industry, Nvidia’s DX11 parts are scheduled to arrive sometime on Q1 2010. But in the meantime, Nvidia is making sure that the PR guys are busy with getting things organized for product launches. In October they launched their first DX10.1 enabled parts, in the form of the G210 and the GT 220. These GPUs were also the first ones from Nvidia to be manufactured on TSMCs 40nm fabrication process. We reviewed these video cards here.
Today, we will be looking at their latest launch, the GT 240. Like the G210 and the GT 220, the GT 240 is built on TSMCs 40nm process and supports DX10.1. But the GT 240 also gets to be the first product from Nvidia to support GDDR5 memory. Nvidia is launching this video card in two flavors, a GDDR3 and a GDDR5 version. To save on the BOM (Bill of Materials), Nvidia has decided to go with a 128-bit wide memory interface. Coupled with GDDR5 memory, the GT 240 should give about the same amount of performance as a 256-bit/GDDR3 combination. Today we are taking a look at the GT 240 GDDR3 version. We we will be comparing it to other similar mid-range card from both the camps. We have a HD 4650, a 9600 GT and a HD 4770 waiting on the sidelines to take a shot at the GT 240.
Before starting the matchup let’s take a look at the contenders:
It’s nice to see that my card (the HD 4770) performed the best, and used the least amount of power.