y? does the GTX 260 have a weird memory #

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shraz

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Who the hell came out with 896MB/448-bit? and not just 1GB/512-BIT like the GTX 280?
 
Saves NV money on the cost of the whole board, using two less memory chips, also semi prevents people from getting a 260, and overclocking it over and past a 280. A 280 is always going to be better because its not crippled, which in turn makes more people want to buy it.

Back in the day the 6800GT and 6800ultra were the high end and enthusiast midrange cards, but you could take 95% of 6800GTs and even w/o bios voltmoding (which was possible) you could hit ultra speeds, and save yourself 150+ dollars. So to answer your question, to avoid the above.
 
It has 128MB less memory than the GTX 280. Not that weird. Especially since it is the cheaper card...
 
shraz said:
Who the hell came out with 896MB/448-bit? and not just 1GB/512-BIT like the GTX 280?
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896 is 7/8 of 1024
448 is 7/8 of 512

They're not random numbers. They did the same thing with 8800GTS 640 and 8800GS. Nvidia just disables a fraction of the core and/or memory channels.
 
Simpson5774 said:
Saves NV money on the cost of the whole board, using two less memory chips, also semi prevents people from getting a 260, and overclocking it over and past a 280. A 280 is always going to be better because its not crippled, which in turn makes more people want to buy it.

Back in the day the 6800GT and 6800ultra were the high end and enthusiast midrange cards, but you could take 95% of 6800GTs and even w/o bios voltmoding (which was possible) you could hit ultra speeds, and save yourself 150+ dollars. So to answer your question, to avoid the above.
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you mean, kinda like ocing past 9800GTX with a 8800GTS 512?
 
The 8800GTS 512 and 9800GTX are the same series. They're both G92s with the same amount of memory and shaders.
 
I'm aware that the cards are pretty much identical, it's the reason I have the 8800GTS 512 instead of the 9800GTX - nevertheless, same core or not, they're technically in different series.
 
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