Inno3D announces GeForce GTX 260 FreezerX2

by Parm Mann on 23 February 2009, 10:01

Tags: GeForce GTX 260 FreezerX2, Inno3D

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Inno3D just can't get enough of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 260. In addition to its base model, it already offers an overclocked edition and announced only last week that it'll be teaming up with Arctic Cooling for an iChiLL edition, too.

Now that it's on a roll, why stop there? Fresh out the gates today is the Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 FreezerX2.

The card, pictured above, is a custom-cooled take on NVIDIA's high-end 55nm GPU. Out goes NVIDIA's reference cooler, in come a pair of 8cm ball-bearing PWM fans and three direct-touch heatpipes.

Inno3D tells us to expect load temperatures to be 15 per cent lower than a reference design. However, frequencies remain unchanged so we're looking at 576MHz for the GPU and 1,998MHz for the 896MB of GDDR3 memory.

No mention of availability or pricing, yet, but further details can be found in Inno3D's official press release: Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 with FreezerX2

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Posted by Peter Parker - Mon 23 Feb 2009 11:17

Huh? The press release says “240 enhanced processor cores”. Isn't the 55nm GTX260 a 216 core model?

Also: “second generation architecture with 50% more gaming performance over the first generation”. 50% more? Really?

I like Inno3D but their marketing fluff should get the specs technically correct.

Posted by LuckyNV - Mon 23 Feb 2009 11:55

A bit strange though even Inno3D website says 240SPs

don't forget the GTX295 cores are 240SP enabled but with 448bit mem bus, so perhaps this Inno3D model is special…

Posted by Noxvayl - Mon 23 Feb 2009 12:55

Somehow I doubt the 240SPs… nVidia wouldn't want the GTX260 to get too close to the GTX285 otherwise what reason would you have to purchase the more expensive one? Besides wouldn't a revised model of the GTX260 with the new process be called a GTX265 in line with the other cards on the same process?

As far as I know the major differences between the GTX280/285 and the GTX260 are SPs, Interface bit rate(448bits opposed to 512bits) and clock speed, so a new GTX260 with 240SPs and overclocked would then become so close to the performance of the GTX280/285 that the top of the range cards would be considered pointless to purchase.

The 50% extra performance could incorporate overclocking so it wouldn't be all because of the new revision. Its highly likely to have an overclock out the box with the fancy 3rd party cooler they have thrown on.

Posted by transylvanic - Mon 23 Feb 2009 13:35

Good grief, orange fans.

Posted by teh_masterer - Mon 23 Feb 2009 16:35

Green PCB + Orange fans = no sale for me. I wish they would put a couple of pounds in to making the card look presentable.

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