Nvidia Announces Entry-Level GT 720 Graphics Card

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"a 1 GB DDR3 variant with memory running at 1.8 GHz, and a 2 GB GDDR5 variant with memory running at 5.0 GHz."
Oo Its usually the opposite... (2GB for cheap DDR3 and 1GB for the expensive GDDR5)
 
I wonder how well that will fare compared to the A10-78xx and Broadwell IGPs. Definitely not expecting much from the DDR3 variant - particularly now that you can get DDR3-2133 for almost the same price as DDR3-1600 to give the IGP a boost.
 

Looks like it.

Even high-end GPUs do not give PCIe x16 much of a workout so x8 for ultra-low-end GPUs should be perfectly fine and it shaves a few pennies off the manufacturing cost.
 
"The card will come with two memory configurations: a 1 GB DDR3 variant with memory running at 1.8 GHz, and a 2 GB GDDR5 variant with memory running at 5.0 GHz."

That is different usually you see 2GB DDR3 and 1GB of DDR5 on these low-end cards.

 
The GK107 die or the "GT 640" has 384 CUDA cores. The GT 720 has 192 or half. From this I can speculate that the GT 720 is literally just half of a GT 640, and should theoretically perform similarly to a GT 440 DDR3, while consuming much less power and generating much less heat. If Nvidia were to release a GT 710 it would likely have 96 CUDA cores and be 1/4 of the full GK107 die, or in other words, 1/4 of a GT 640/GT 730, which are the same card.
 
Enough with the 700 series already. We're long overdue for the 800 series. Quite frankly, it would not be surprising to see a 790 dual-GPU launch before the 880. *sigh*

its look like to me that nvidia want to deplete lower GK chip (GK107, GK208)
before another lower GM chip phase in GTX 800 series...(hopefully no more rebranded GK Chip)

 
Well as much they want people to move to the FM2+ which supports PCIe 3.0, there are again people that are "on a Budget" just to get a computer system going, the fact is that I know there will be people giving me minus votes for this because I am not paying more than $1300 for a better system, the fact is, this economy is not doing things any better and such, I figure the reality has to hit us one way or another when it comes to Video Card choices from either staying "Economically Friendly" or wanting "Realistic 3D"...
 
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