A Closer Look

The cooler is a simple heatsink with a fan strapped to it. Thanks to the efficient 40 nm GPU design there is no need for copper or fancy heatpipes.


Being a low-end power efficient design there is a no need for external power connectors on the GeForce GT 220.


The DDR3 memory chips are made by Samsung, and carry the model number K4W1G1646E-HC12. These are the system non-GDDR3 memory chips as they would be used on memory modules in your motherboard. They are specified to run at 833 MHz (1666 MHz GDDR3 effective). NVIDIA does not support GDDR5 memory configurations on the GeForce GT 220. Board partners may choose whether they want to ship their cards with 512 MB or 1 GB of video memory.


This is NVIDIA's new GT216 GPU, it comes with 486 million transistors and is produced on a 40 nm process at TSMC Taiwan.