NVIDIA’s GeForce GT 240: The Card That Doesn't Matter
by Ryan Smith on January 6, 2010 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Meet the EVGA 512MB GDDR5 Superclocked
For their GT 240 sample, EVGA sent along their GT 240 Superclocked edition. This card has a stock core and shader clock speed of 550MHz and 1340MHz respectively, while the memory has been pre-overclocked from 3400MHz to 3588MHz, a roughly 5% memory overclock. Notably, EVGA usually overclocks the GPU along with the memory on their Superclocked cards – but given the initial 70W TDP, we’re not surprised to see the GPU stock-clocked in order to keep the card within the 75W PCIe power specification. The RAM chips are the same 4000MHz Samsung chips that we’ve seen on the Asus cards.
Unlike Asus, EVGA has gone for a true single-slot design for the GT 240. A single-wide aluminum heatsink covers the card, with a small fan embedded in a blower configuration. Like the Asus design, this cooler only comes in to contact with the GPU and not the RAM chips. The card measures at 7.5” long, in order to fit the electronics components around the single-slot cooler.
The port configuration is the same as on the Asus cards and the GT 240: 1 HDMI, 1 VGA, and 1 DVI.
Since this is a factory-overclocked card, the MSRP is higher than the normal GT 240 MSRP. EVGA lists the card at $120 on their site, but we’ve seen it for $99 after rebate, putting it only a few dollars more than most GDDR5 GT 240s.
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cweinheimer - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
The review of the Asus 240 ddr5 card leads me to believe it could be a great HTPC card for HD content and some casual gaming. Does it support multichannel audio well enough?AznBoi36 - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
AFAIK Nvidia cards doesn't pass audio over HDMI without a SPDIF pass-through, and as far as I can tell the GT240/220 doesn't have it.MadMan007 - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
I might be fuzzy on remembering this but I could swear that some of the 'newer' NV cards (maybe the GT 210 and 220 which are similar to this card) can pass audio over the PCIe connection. So they still need an external sound source but not a connection.MadMan007 - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
Ah yes here we go: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3657...">http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3657... They support LPCM and lossy digital passthrough but not lossless digital passthrough. I assume that this GPU does as well.uibo - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
Another rebadge? Nothing new here...klatscho - Thursday, January 7, 2010 - link
done already -> GTS260M/GTS360M;see here: http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/01/03/nvidia-mobi...">http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/01/03/nvidia-mobi...
wh3resmycar - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
goodness gracious, a 4730 eats this card alive, for breakfast, lunch, dinner etc.Leyawiin - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
An HD 4730 can't beat anything if you can't find one for sale. I dare you to."For the price of the GT 240 it performs too slowly, and for the performance of the GT 240 it costs too much. We cannot under any circumstances recommend buying a GT 240, there are simply better cards out there for the price."
Its faster than an HD 4670, uses less power than a "green" edition 9800 GT, runs cool and quiet and is physically small. A great many pre-built PCs with weak power supplies would benefit not to mention its uses for HTPCs.
KikassAssassin - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
The funny thing about the vendors not wanting to send you cards knowing that they'd get a poor review is that this actually gives me more respect for Asus and EVGA.AznBoi36 - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
Not really. ASUS is pretty big, so such a review probably won't change anything. EVGA well, we all know EVGA.The one that pulled out is probably a small, less well known partner. If that is the case, then it's understandable that a low performing product might hurt the brand value in the eyes of (average joe sixpack).