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Nvidia’s first 40nm desktop is OEM only |
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Written by Fuad Abazovic
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Wednesday, 03 June 2009 10:50 |
Shipping now, but not to channel
Nvidia's first desktop 40nm chip is finished. It is called NV218 and should most likely end up with the GT210 brand. So far, this chip is OEM only, and it is currently shipping to big OEMs such as Acer and Dell.
The channel doesn’t have them yet, as the board is an entry level product with a 64-bit memory interface and a 4-layer PCB, so it should be a very inexpensive graphics card. In channel / retail, Nvidia is still selling Geforce 9500 and 9400 as the key chips in this category, both in 55nm.
This is Nvidia's first 40nm chip and it's DirectX 10, but there is a big chance that it even supports DirectX 10.1. Unfortunately, we cannot confirm this at press time.
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