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EVGA to show new dual GPU PhysX card

by on22 October 2009

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Rebrand-monster comes on Halloween

EVGA has teamed up with Nvidia to launch a hybrid graphics card that unfortunately has nothing to do with Fermi, but has a lot to do with rebranding. According to various sources around the net, this card will use a combination of GT200b and G92b GPUs on a single PCB, and the idea is that one GPU does the rendering while other will be left to fiddle with PhysX.

We got used to Nvidia's rebranding, but to rebrand two GPUs on a single PCB is something that we honestly didn't expect. The new card is supposedly a GTX 275 and GTS 250 on a single PCB. If that is true, then the card will have 240 stream processors and 896MB of memory for rendering and 128 stream processors and 512MB of memory for PhysX.

It sounds like a decent idea, but we simply can't see the point as Fermi should come, rather sooner than later, and those that still haven't upgraded, certainly won't go for a GTX 275/GTS 250 hybrid card. If this card has showed up earlier, it would be a nice deal, but now it simply doesn't make sense.

We can't actually blame EVGA as they honestly have nothing else to do, as according to industry sources, Nvidia is still to talk about Fermi with its exclusive partners, and they are kept in darkness for now.

All in all, we'll be there on the 30th to give our final verdict on this one.

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Last modified on 22 October 2009
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