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 $99 after rebate, putting it only a few dollars more than most GDDR5 GT 240s.
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Natfly - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
It also makes absolutely no sense that they compare it to the 9600GT in every performance benchmark and then completely leave it out in the power/noise benchmarks. WTF is this garbage?gayannr - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
Another good review Anandtech, keep up the good work,btw, pics look blurry ? single handed job ? :D
mariush - Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - link
You'll also find this card as nVidia GTS360M:http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/12/29/nvidia-gts3...">http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/12/29/nvidia-gts3...
As usual, renaming king at its best.
techadd - Monday, January 11, 2010 - link
This card is the best bang for the buck right now. The review did not compare the card to the competition. The card supports CUDA and can accelerate a number of applications - from playing dvds to CAD and video editing. All in all this was a disappointing review probably payed by a known monopoly which competes with nVidia.selo - Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - link
I have buyed this card in the begining of 2010 the card was in the box new from a guy on ebay for 70$ and at this price it beats all the cards .If i had to buy it again i buyt at 70$ the card is small has new 40nm gpu and it overclock very easy and the power never goes above 70W in idle is only 20w.Don`t make this mistake again every card matteer for the right price :D