Nvidia has lifted the NDA off its first 40nm DirectX 10.1 cards, the Geforce 210 and Geforce GT 220. All Nvidia partners should announce their versions today, and some of them have already found their way on the net.

The GT 220, aka GT216 has 48 processor cores, a 128-bit memory interface and will be available in both DDR3 and DDR2 flavours. The reference card should work at 615MHz for the core, 1335MHz for shaders and 790MHz for 1GB of DDR3 memory. The slower 210, with a GT218 GPU, has 16 processor cores, a 64-bit memory interface and partners will probably stick to DDR2 memory on this one. This one works at around 589MHz for the core, 1404MHz for shaders and 800MHz for DDR2 memory.

The mentioned clocks are reference values and, as far as we know, most of the partners will come up with different and higher clocked versions as every partner is using its own cooling solution. Both cards don't need an external power connector and most of the 210 cards will probably use a low profile PCB.

According to the first reviews, Nvidia's 40nm DirectX 10.1 GT 220 and 210 are slower than a year old ATI HD 4670 card which is currently sold for around €50 to €60. So the only thing that can save these is that the price should be lower, much lower than the HD 4670 or the HD 4650 in 210's case.

The guys from PC Perspective posted a review of Galaxy branded Geforce 210 and Geforce GT 220 here.