So... what exactly are these new cards supposed to bring to the aging 200 series lineup this late in the game?? I understood the purpose of the 210's % 220's, but what are thses new 240's supposed to bring to the table?

grando95

+1..Also considering they don't support SLI..what market is this card geared towards.

mid-level OEM PCs maybe?

It has DX10.1 support, HDMI 1.3a, works great as a PhysX card for those of you with higher end cards.

Performance wise it is between a 9600GT and 9800GT.

EVGATech_JacobF

It has DX10.1 support, HDMI 1.3a, works great as a PhysX card for those of you with higher end cards.

Performance wise it is between a 9600GT and 9800GT.

How would this compare to the GTS 250 as a dedicated PhysX card?  I recognize that the GTS 250 is more powerful, but as a PhysX card, is the GTS 250 going to make a big difference.  I have 2 GTX 280 SSC's and the X58 SLI vanilla board.  I currently have the second 280 in the third slot to allow for lower temps.  I have been thinking of getting a PhysX card, but I think with the GTS 250, I would have all three cards sandwiched together.  It looks like I could slip the GT 240 in the middle slot with the SLI bridge crossing over and still a little breathing room.  Would that work?

In case it helps, here is a picture of my current setup.

Who's gonna buy this?

I wanted to know if Jacob or some other product manager at EVGA could address this question.

I don't seem to understand what the difference is between EVGA GeForce GT 240 models 512-P3-1240 and 512-P3-1241.



Product Page - EVGA GeForce GT 240 512-P3-1240

Product Page - EVGA GeForce GT 240 512-P3-1241


Both of them seem to have equal clock frequency specifications and price tags, although the only noticeable difference is that the PCBs differ in color. I double checked, and both of them also feature an HDMI output and 128-bit GDDR5 memory.

By the way, the 512-P3-1241 memory clock speed listed on the Product Overview page (3402MHz) is inconsistent with the PDF spec sheet (3400MHz).


I'm considering to purchase one of these as a standalone PhysX card but the model numbers need some clarification. Thanks in advance.

mm...i see the two card have different pbc colors and the green pcb color one has like an audio conection..maybe for hdmi sound or something i don't know..but they're not the same.

Awesome I might have to throw one in my Parents rig since there is no extra power dongle needed.

Honestly, I think if EVGA would stop putting out these "in between" cards that they most likely aren't going to sell enough to even break even on the cost to produce, they could lower the cost of the higher end cards, because they wouldn't have to keep making up the difference. This is the 4th or 5th card that is "right around the same thing as this or that card" that they have put out in the last 6 or 8 months and something tells me they haven't really made a profit on them. I could be wrong on that, but I just don't see that many of these things selling. That lack of sales drives the cost of the higher end cards up to cover the profit loss on the lower stuff. Do we really need 10 reference cards in each series, along with the OC'd versions? Somehow I'm stuck believing that those of us who purchase cards near the upper end of the spectrum are, in a roundabout way, paying for these lower cards lack of revenue.

apdjock

Honestly, I think if EVGA would stop putting out these "in between" cards that they most likely aren't going to sell enough to even break even on the cost to produce, they could lower the cost of the higher end cards, because they wouldn't have to keep making up the difference. This is the 4th or 5th card that is "right around the same thing as this or that card" that they have put out in the last 6 or 8 months and something tells me they haven't really made a profit on them. I could be wrong on that, but I just don't see that many of these things selling. That lack of sales drives the cost of the higher end cards up to cover the profit loss on the lower stuff. Do we really need 10 reference cards in each series, along with the OC'd versions? Somehow I'm stuck believing that those of us who purchase cards near the upper end of the spectrum are, in a roundabout way, paying for these lower cards lack of revenue.

I know where your coming from for sure. Keep in mind that a business runs with many different revenue streams that can and do overlap from time to time.

This looks to be one of those times. I am willing to guess these are actually overflow, or tactical examples of.....

• Dell an HP for example, need cheap, but up-to-date parts for those looking to purchase mainstream systems at a discounted rate. These cards are exactly what you would find in that type system.... Like a drop down.... Each card costing $25-75 more than the first.... 
• This creates a company to guess on the need for manufacturing and supply orders. Like anything else, you get discounts for volume. So EVGA and BFG for example, could be bundled in that guess.
• In the end this gives companies like EVGA yet another part in the supply chain to fill needs of a wider audience....

And really, unless you are a gamer or bench runner, these cards fit any "Web" surfer bill and movie watcher. Priced good too.... I bet these find their way into a lot of "Home and Small Business" use....

I understand that, Afterburner, but my thing is, if you're going to create a card that, performance wise, is between these two cards, why not just put one of those cards in the system? Why create something new that isn't really "better" it's just "newer?" Doing this can't be profitable. It may not necessarily be a loss of revenue, but I just don't see how it can produce any, especially with the economy being in the state of turmoil everyone says it's in. It would make far better fiscal sense to use up the slightly older, faster cards than create new ones and have a surplus of both older and newer models. That's my issue and if it were done, I have to believe the savings could be passed on to the consumer, which would in turn make the higher end more appealing. That appeal would lead to more sales of current inventory and more money in the bank for EVGA. Maybe I'm wrong and have no idea what I'm talking about, which would validate my career choice NOT being in business, but it really seems to make more sense to me my way than what's being done.

EVGATech_JacobF

It has DX10.1 support, HDMI 1.3a, works great as a PhysX card for those of you with higher end cards.

Performance wise it is between a 9600GT and 9800GT.

So it costs more then a 9800gt and preforms worse. Sweet ill take 2.

I have a lot of respect for EVGA as a company my last 6 video cards are evga.

2 8800gts
2 9800gt
2 280gtx

But i have to say im a little baffled by these cards. I could understand making say 1 model for like HTPC's or something but to continue the line seems odd.

I did like the idea of a 275 with a 250 built in for phsyx but i think it came out far too late.

 

My view of what a HTPC is may be different but it should game at 1900 x 1080p as a HTPC should be the total package in my book with Blu-Ray support.. so can this card handle MW 2 / COD 4-5/Far Cry 2 etc.. at 1900X 1080...

Hello adpjock:
It seems to me that though your logic makes sense you are forgetting one critical thing about this new card.  Yes, its expected performance is at or near the 9800 GT, but this card can be put into virtually any PC with a slot that can hold the card and it requires no additional power above what the card can draw from the PCI-e bus.  That means it fits a niche no other card fits—the ability to handle top-end graphics without adding a new power supply to seal the deal.
 
All of the cards you were comparing this card to require at least a 400 watt PS with extra connectors for supplying the power needs of the card.
 
This card requires no additional power.  Therefore, this is a remarkable improvement for PC user that bought a Factory built PC that now needs a better graphics card to run programs like Adobe CS4 Master Collection Suite products, not to mention the latest in games.
 
We have been through the process of having to upgrate the Graphics card when Adobe upgraded their software to the CS4 system.  We ended up having to replace the entire system with a new custom build state of the art system because the computer we were working with could not handle the upgrades required.
 
In other words, using your own logic; this card (marketed correctly) fills a niche that can instantly cause more current PC users with dated PC systems needing to upgrade but not wanting (or having the financial ability) to upgrade like they would like to; which market is, quite frankly, significantly larger that all of the top end gamers put together.  That means that if this card is marketed correctly it can steal that market and accordingly provide more actual revenue than the high-end GPU card market can and that can effectively provide sufficient fund to cause a less expensive high-end card cost.
 
Of course, it is not likely that a company will charge less that the market will bear because that is the nature of business.  The truly high end graphics cards are not the GTX 275, 285 and 295 cards; rather, they are the Quadros and the Tesla cards costing thousands more that the top end gamer cards.
 
Our Avid software requires supercomputer capability the is only available using at least 2 Quadro cards in SLI series.  But, that level of graphics ability is not even available from EVGA (so far as we know).
 
Still, we can see that producing a GPU replacement card that can: 

1. Swap out the factory installed graphics card; 
2.  Needs no additional power supply or other upgrade; 
3.  Handles the latest game and movie demands for the home user that already owns a PC

 Truly hits a market niche that has not been properly tapped since the advent of developing high end graphic cards that require additional power beyond that which is available through the card bus.
 
We will buy this card for our older systems for just those reasons.  We have four older systems that can all use this upgrade. 

I would be interested buying GT240 if there was a edition with highher clocks like 650 core, 4200 memory and 1500 shaders.