nVidia has just announced the launch of its first mobile GPUs based on the new 40-nm manufacturing technology. These chips support DirectX 10.1 and feature GDDR5 memories (some models). On the table below you can see the main specs for the announced GPUs. nVidia didn’t say when they will release desktop graphics cards based on 40-nm manufacturing technology. Bear in mind that AMD/ATI has already launched its 40-nm desktop graphics card, the Radeon HD 4770.

GPU	GeForce G 210M	GeForce GT 230M	GeForce GT 240M	GeForce GTS 250M	GeForce GTS 260M
Internal Clock	625 MHz	500 MHz	550 MHz	500 MHz	550 MHz
Shader Units	16	48	48	96	96
Shader Clock	1,500 MHz	1,100 MHz	1,210 MHz	1,250 MHz	1,375 MHz
Memory	512 MB	1 GB	1 GB	1 GB	1 GB
Memory Bus Width/Type	64-bit GDDR3	128-bit GDDR3	128-bit GDDR3	128-bit GDDR5	128-bit GDDR5
Memory Clock (real)	800 MHz	800 MHz	800 MHz	800 MHz	900 MHz

Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/3981

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