Nvidia Rolls Out GeForce GT 420 with Nary a Peep
Nvidia Rolls Out GeForce GT 420 with Nary a Peep
Posted 09/03/2010 at 7:40am
| by Paul Lilly
6
Comments
Print
Without any fanfare or press release that we can find, Nvidia launched a new graphics card for OEMs this week, the GeForce GT 420.
The GeForce GT 420 ranks as the first truly low-end Fermi part with support for DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4, and unless something changes, you won't find this card in retail. The OEM-only graphics card has found its way into a handful of Dell, HP, and other pre-built systems, and that's where it will probably stay.
From a hardware standpoint, the GeForce GT 420 sports a 40nm GPU clocked at 700MHz, 48 CUDA cores, 2GB of GDDR3 clocked at 1800MHz on a 128-bit memory bus, and shaders clocked at 1400MHz. It also sports a low-profile design with DVI, HDMI, and D-sub outputs.
Image Credit: Nvidia
More like this
noobstix
September 03, 2010 at 5:39pm
Jeez, for a low-end card, it still requires the use of a fan. I guess passive cooling is not something Nvidia had in mind with Fermi. Well at least it won't be as noisy and hot as the "mainstream" or "enthusiast" class of GPUs.
joebob
September 03, 2010 at 12:32pm
Is it too much to ask to have a low profile card with 2 dvi ports?
Connect with MaximumPC
Featured Content
Where have all the memorable videogame enemies gone?
This month's issue
Feature
How to Set Up A New PC
Feature
The State of GPU Computing
How-To
Benchmark an Android Phone
Build It
Sandy Bridge-E
Most Commented Articles
Latest Max PC Tweets
- maximumpc: Ultrabook Ultra-Roundup: 4 Top-Notch Notebooks Reviewed and Compared http://t.co/pMopO6I17 hours 11 min ago
- maximumpc: Nvidia's Full Kepler Lineup Leaked to the Web http://t.co/4N69liVq11 hours 7 min ago
- maximumpc: @BarryMiranda disc subs stopped being sold ~1yr ago, existing disc subs being converted to non-disc (w/ 3mo extension) as of April issue.14 hours 7 min ago
