Nvidia launches GTX 200 series GPUs

Nvidia rolled out its next generation 200 series GPU’s today.  The GeForce GTX 260 and GTX 280.  These GPU’s are fabricated on a 65nm process that uses 1.4 billion transistors.  Nvidia claims that the new GPU’s average a 1.5x performance boost over GeFrorce 8 or 9 GPU series.

Now these numbers may be impressive but I can only imagine what the power consumption on these beasts will be.  The rest of the world is trying to be more conservative in terms of reducing dependency on oil and becoming more ‘green’ friendly but these units will definitely drive the electricity bill up.  Nvidia should push into the 45-55nm process arena like ATI to reduce the additional power overhead.