Christmas is over and I found two 55nm presents sitting in our Newegg parser. I ripped off the metaphorical wrapping paper and found the 55nm Evga GTX 260 for $254.99 and the 55nm GTX 260 Superclocked for $264.99. Intrigued, I went to Evga's website where I discovered the product pages for both of these bad boyz.
It appears to be using the same GT200b chip that the GTX 295 will use, only with 216 shader prcoessors, 72 texture units and a higher shader clock (1,350 vs 1,242). The only thing I don't really get is what the hell Evga put on the sticker for these cards. It is some sort of object that has some blue flame coming out of it. Maybe it's a piston or something?
UPDATE: The SSC version (675/1,350/2,304) page is up and it is available from Evga for $289.99.
n00b
n00b
Senior Member
It uses a 55nm manufacturing process as opposed to the standard 65nm. Basically uses less power, generates less heat, and should overclock better. I think it also has a higher shader clock than the 65nm version, but I'm not sure on that.
As a note, I may get this card just to see how far I can overclock it. And yes, that is a flamethrower, kinda looks poorly rendered.
n00b
Senior Member
Doesn't bode well for being the overclocking monster that the card should be...