NVIDIA GeForce 7300 - Budget 90nm Graphics

AnandTech has the skinny on the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce 7300 graphics cards.

For now, we can at least take comfort in the fact that a >50% increase in core clock speed, increased memory size and bandwidth, and higher level of architectural efficiency over the 6200 TC will help make the new GeForce 7300 very competitive at a <$100 price point. While it may not get everyone's blood boiling, the 7300 is not just an exciting part for the budget market, but it will help raise the bar for the minimum target that game developers will be shooting for over the next couple of years. [AnandTech]

Features:

• Vertex Pipelines: 3
• Pixel Pipelines: 4
• Render Outputs: 2
• Core Clock Speed: 550
• Memory Clock Speed: 350
• Memory Size: 128-256MB
• Memory Bandwidth: 64bit
• GPU Video Decode: yes
• FP16 Filter: yes
• FP16 Blend: yes

Well, if you are presently using an AGP graphics card in your system, and thinking of upgrading to a PCI Express motherboard, and would probably get a 6200 TC card as a stepping stone, think again. Maybe you could just hold off until the 7300 arrives.

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