Thursday, April 5th 2012
NVIDIA Creates Two New OEM-only GF119-based GeForce 600 Series SKUs
The GeForce 600 series grew by two members today (albeit, OEM-only), NVIDIA re-branded the GeForce GT 520 to a new model name, "GeForce GT 620". This "new" part is otherwise identical to its predecessor, except that its standard memory amount has been halved from 1 or 2 GB to 512 MB or 1 GB. A feature addition here, is that the GT 620 supports the OpenGL 4.2 API, something the GT 520 doesn't. The GT 620 continues to be based on the 40 nm GF119 silicon, with 48 CUDA cores, 8 TMUs, and 4 ROPs.
NVIDIA also unveiled to OEMs the "new" GeForce 605, which is a re-branded GeForce 510. Based on the same GF119 silicon as the GT 620, the GeForce 605 core runs at 523 MHz, with 1046 MHz CUDA cores. This model comes with memory size options of 512 MB and 1 GB. It also inherits the core configuration of the GeForce 510, with 48 CUDA cores, 8 TMUs, and 4 ROPs.
Source:
Tom's Hardware
NVIDIA also unveiled to OEMs the "new" GeForce 605, which is a re-branded GeForce 510. Based on the same GF119 silicon as the GT 620, the GeForce 605 core runs at 523 MHz, with 1046 MHz CUDA cores. This model comes with memory size options of 512 MB and 1 GB. It also inherits the core configuration of the GeForce 510, with 48 CUDA cores, 8 TMUs, and 4 ROPs.
21 Comments on NVIDIA Creates Two New OEM-only GF119-based GeForce 600 Series SKUs
and LAWL gt 620 is gonna be slower than a gt 220, 605 will rival a 210, I do feel a little pity to anyone who gets tricked by this.
If it comes down to laptops, that is a whole new story, and indeed I agree with you.
That's why they are only available in the OEM pre-built market...
Beyond that not a chance thanks to AMD APUs or something like a 2500K w HD3000 IGP (need of CPU v GPU performance depending on the purpose of the system being built, power envelope and budget).Depends on how much power that thing sucks if it would be better keeping it. That is power/operating cost of the old skt 775 PC vs the cost of grabbing one of these as I mentioned above:
HP ProLiant N40L Ultra Micro Tower Server System A...
newegg linked for illustrative purposes only (I'm not affiliated with nor shopped from there).
And all these cards are mainly for are just to replace burnt out IGP or if igp dont meed performance needs.
Radeon 7000 pci was produced for so long as a solution to that issue. Now it cant run DX 9 n higher guis.
There still are a lot of professional applications where CPU power is king and the GPU doesn't really matter as long as it can output to the screen and doesn't take up system resources.
Granted, this is not where these GPUs will be used and marketted, but I'm just saying there is still a use for low end cards like these, there are situations where an IGP isn't available or isn't optimal due to system resource sharing.