Talk about Nvidia's Slip out...

[Seero]

GTX 420 OEM

 

[RussianSensation]

2GBs of Ram...classic waste of $.
Should have been passively cooled from the factory.
Price is key, no info in the link above. $39 would be nice. Although OEM market will probably charge $75-100.

 

[Seero]

2GBs of Ram...classic waste of $.
Should have been passively cooled from the factory.
Price is key, no info in the link above. $39 would be nice.

It will be a waste for displaying video, but will large amount of VRAM helps GPU computing/accelerating?

39 bucks for 2GB of RAM? lol.

 

[Voo]

It will be a waste for displaying video, but will large amount of VRAM helps GPU computing/accelerating?

Memory is a key factor for lots of GPGPU stuff, so it could help.. but seems more like a marketing gag to get unknowledgeable people to buy these cards

 

[Seero]

memory is a key factor for lots of gpgpu stuff, so it could help.. But seems more like a marketing gag to get unknowledgeable people to buy these cards

o.e.m.

 

[Voo]

o.e.m.

Well in the end those still land in some PCs, where "graphics card with 2gb RAM!!" won't look too bad, right?

 

[Vesku]

Yep, OEM video cards are often pretty ridiculous in their RAM to core ratio for marketing purposes.

 

[Seero]

Well in the end those still land in some PCs, where "graphics card with 2gb RAM!!" won't look too bad, right?

right

 

[Will Robinson]

WOW Wee 2GB of VRAM!!! Horsepowerz FTW!!!

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I can see this being a decent entry level card for basic gaming.

2GB? No harm done as long as its cheap. GPGPU seems like a good fit for this card. Wonder if it folds better than the last reference 9600GSO.

 

[Modular]

Awesome. Where can I get 3 for Crossfirez??!

 

[Cookie Monster]

48SP is a pretty high bump from previous nVIDIA low end products based on 16SP.

The 2GB is more of a marketing gimmick. But seeing as GDDR3 chips are cheap as dirt nowadays, they probably thought heck why not.

 

[tweakboy]

They try to make the product shine with the 2GB of vram. Its very cheap cost to them so they can do this. thanx and gl,

 

[cusideabelincoln]

48SP is a pretty high bump from previous nVIDIA low end products based on 16SP.

The 2GB is more of a marketing gimmick. But seeing as GDDR3 chips are cheap as dirt nowadays, they probably thought heck why not.

The GT 220 has 48...

 

[TurtleCrusher]

The GT 220 has 48...

Wow. I didn't even notice that GPU. Wasn't even on my radar at all. Does it still use good ol' DDR2?

 

[StrangerGuy]

My 80 SPs mobile 5470 has 1GB DDR3 on a mind-blowingly fast 64-bit memory bus!

 

[tigersty1e]

I think they had a ton of old ddr3 ram taking up storage and said what the heck, lets throw 2 gigs of ram on there and call it a day.