The GRID K260Q was an enthusiast-class professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on June 28th, 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GK104 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 12. The GK104 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 294 mm² and 3,540 million transistors. It features 1536 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the GRID K260Q, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 745 MHz, memory is running at 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective). Its power draw is rated at 225 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. GRID K260Q is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. Its price at launch was 937 US Dollars.