News - Inno3D announces GeForce GTX 260 FreezerX2

[HEXUS]

Double the cooling performance and better value for your buck, says Inno3D.

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[Peter Parker]

Huh? The press release says "240 enhanced processor cores". Isn't the 55nm GTX260 a 216 core model?

Also: "second generation architecture with 50% more gaming performance over the first generation". 50% more? Really?

I like Inno3D but their marketing fluff should get the specs technically correct.

[LuckyNV]

A bit strange though even Inno3D website says 240SPs

don't forget the GTX295 cores are 240SP enabled but with 448bit mem bus, so perhaps this Inno3D model is special...

[Noxvayl]

Somehow I doubt the 240SPs... nVidia wouldn't want the GTX260 to get too close to the GTX285 otherwise what reason would you have to purchase the more expensive one? Besides wouldn't a revised model of the GTX260 with the new process be called a GTX265 in line with the other cards on the same process?

As far as I know the major differences between the GTX280/285 and the GTX260 are SPs, Interface bit rate(448bits opposed to 512bits) and clock speed, so a new GTX260 with 240SPs and overclocked would then become so close to the performance of the GTX280/285 that the top of the range cards would be considered pointless to purchase.

The 50% extra performance could incorporate overclocking so it wouldn't be all because of the new revision. Its highly likely to have an overclock out the box with the fancy 3rd party cooler they have thrown on.

[transylvanic]

Good grief, orange fans.

[teh_masterer]

Green PCB + Orange fans = no sale for me. I wish they would put a couple of pounds in to making the card look presentable.

[transylvanic]

I wish they would put a couple of pounds in to making the card look presentable.

That's why this is so horrid. They did! Orange fans are pretty certain to cost more, in either money or time, to produce than generic white or black ones.