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Based on the GT200 architecture, NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 275 featured 240 processing cores running at 1,404 MHz, 80 texture-processing units, a 448-bit memory interface, and an 896 MB framebuffer. It was positioned between the GTX 260 and GTX 285.
The GeForce GTX 275 supported NVIDIA PhysX, CUDA application acceleration, NVIDIA 3D Vision stereoscopic gaming, and Windows 7. It shipped with GeForce Release 185 drivers and supported ambient occlusion.
NVIDIA also offered GeForce Power Pack #3 as a download. It contained a collection of PhysX- and CUDA-enabled software, including three new PhysX hardware-acceleration applications, a PhysX patch for Ascaron’s Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, a Star Tales demo and benchmark, source code for the PhysX screensaver, and the CUDA applications MotionDSP vReveal and SETI@home.
The GeForce GTX 275 was scheduled to become available in mid-April from ASUS, BFG, EVGA, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Inno3D, Leadtek, MSI, Palit, Zotac, PNY, Point of View, Sparkle, Gainward, and XFX for €239.
