Saturday, February 5, 2011

NVidia GT 440, a model of the past presented in this

This week, NVidia has presented a new graphics card hidden. It is a flagship model, much less, but it looks like it will sell very well. The reason? It is one of those typical models fitted only manufacturers, and will be hard to find in stores. I say this because it is quite likely that in the typical computer catalogs begin to see the NVidia GT 440 for all sides.

That if Dell, HP or Acer, or many others, mounted on their computers and take advantage of the ignorance that many of the users who buy branded computers. The GT 440 is not intended for advanced users, but it is a graph of lower-middle range but with a basic potential, enough for everyday tasks but below what we offer other models like the new 560 Ti or more generally, any 500 or AMD 6000 NVidia technical features of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 GF108 us about the core at 810 MHz, 40 nm and use of both GDDR3 and GDDR5 memory, 440 depending on the model more concrete.

It also includes HDMI video outputs, DVI and VGA, all integrated on the card and without additional adapters. GT 440 is an interesting model, but as we have said, will fall short for more advanced users. One point in its favor is the use of simple and small fans heatsinks that will minimize the impact on noise.

On the other hand, NVidia GT 440 is, as its name, a last generation model but presented at a time when the 500 Series and are fully integrated into the market. In reality, the GPU is the GF108, the same used in the NVidia GT 430. In fact the 440 is just a small progress on that. Fermi is a first generation but presented in 2011, perhaps many months of delay.

It seems that NVidia is trying to differentiate ranges, with the current 500 Series as a very powerful and focused to an advanced age, and 400 Series models last year as more restrained, low-yielding but interesting for the basic user. Be the case, have two different product families in the market is, at best, confusing.

I think many have the feeling that the 400 Series are already outdated, and so this 440 is a model that does not come at the right time. Perhaps it would have been better to call 510 or 520 before you file it with the name that had been ... a year ago. In the end it's all about image and the name we put on things.

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