Nvidia pushes out low-cost DX10.1 GeForce GT240

[Justin]

<p>Nvidia has launched a new low-cost ($100 or less) DX10.1 video card, the <a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/11/17/2035200/NVIDIA-Ships-Decent-DX10-Graphics-Card-For-Under-100" target="_blank">GeForce GT240</a>. Built on a 40nm process and featuring a 550MHz GPU, 1GHz GDDR3 or 1.7GHz GDDR5 and up to 1GB of memory, it has all the basic workings of a robust card. It's also DirectX 10.1 compliant, has 96 CUDA cores, 8 ROP units and a max TDP of 70W.</p> <p>Though the card does have a nice selling price, there are some obvious drawbacks. It won't stand up to a lot of other sub-$100 video cards from previous generations, and will definitely fall short of mid-level cards from this generation. No doubt, Nvidia's goal with the GT240 was to get an entry-level DX10.1 card out the door, hoping to fill any gaps in their 2xx series lineup that AMD might target.</p> <center><img src="https://www.techspot.com/fileshost/newspics2/2009/geforce-gt-240-2.jpg" width="500" height="326" srcset="https://www.techspot.com/fileshost/newspics2/2009/geforce-gt-240-2-j.webp 500w" sizes="(min-width: 901px) 600px, (min-width: 651px) 78vw, 100vw"></center> <p><br> Nvidia may be putting this card directly up against the HD 4650, a notable entry from AMD that typically falls well below the $100 mark. Is Nvidia feeling pressure from AMD, or was this just a casual response to get more hardware in the low-cost arena? We will have a full review on the GeForce GT240 soon.</p><p><a rel='canonical' href='https://www.techspot.com/news/37007-nvidia-pushes-out-low-cost-dx101-geforce-gt240.html' target='_blank'>Permalink to story.</a></p><p class='permalink'><a rel='canonical' href='https://www.techspot.com/news/37007-nvidia-pushes-out-low-cost-dx101-geforce-gt240.html'>https://www.techspot.com/news/37007-nvidia-pushes-out-low-cost-dx101-geforce-gt240.html</a></p>

 

[red1776]

an odd release to be sure, the timing of it is strange as well.

 

[Guest]

Waiting impatiently for the review. Since its too much of a weird release from Nvidia, I wouldn't be surprised if the card happens to surprise us with some "above-expected" performance. Or is it just a simply hasty and meaningless move from Nvidia?

 

[zaidpirwani]

Hey, I don't want to spend my below 100$ just to get a very entry level card, if I am gonna spend my money, then I will spend at least a 200 and get myself a decent rig....

 

[Timonius]

Okay Nvidia, now we're just waiting for the next high end enthusuast level gpu. Stop teasing us.

 

[ET3D]

From the reviews I've seen, it's slower than the 9600 in some games and faster in others (possibly because of its DX10.1 support).

All in all, doesn't seem like a good buy currently, but I imagine that the idea is to phase out the 9x00 family completely. Possibly NVIDIA intends to leave us with just DX11 and DX10.1 cards in a few month's time.

 

[pomonasi]

cant wait to read the performance on this card. especially, i would like to see this matched up against similarly priced cards from ATI like 4770 & 4850.

 

[pomonasi]

cant wait to read the performance on this card. especially, i would like to see this matched up against similarly priced cards from ATI like 4770 & 4850.

 

[Technochicken]

From the review I read of this, which was an overclocked GDDR5 version, it consistently performed worse than the HD 4770, which was really disappointing.