NVIDIA Company decided to present one new budget product with DirectX 9.0c support : as change to the Geforce 7100GS (NV44) soon will appear the GeForce 7200 GS (G72). Video card will have low-profile performance, passive cooling system, operate at frequencies 450/800 MHz and equipped with 64/128 mb memory of type GDDR-2.
If GeForce 6200TC and GeForce 7100GS were based on 110 nm video chip NV44, then GeForce 7200 GS will have the contemporary 90 nm video chip g72, which support HDR function. The memory system bus will remain as before 64- bit, support turboCache technology, and the speed level grows by 28% - According to 3DMark'06 benchmark results.
As competitor to the GeForce 7200 GS is mentioned the Radeon x1050. The geForce 7200 GS price will be set in the range $50-70 depending on modification.
The AMD representative’s official statements about the belonging of chip r600 to the 80 nm to technical process recently put the end to confusion. One way or other, the transfer Of r600 on 65 nm technical process will theoretically solve immediately several problems: the energy consumption level will be lowered; core area decrease and the prime cost will be lowered ; it cannot be excluded also that the frequency potential will be improved and performance will increase.
As reports associate, AMD Company at present works at 65 nm as the successor of r600 under code name r650. AMD is interested in the fastest migration on 65 nm technical process. It is Possible to assume that R650 will be released in autumn 2007.
Associate also reported about the new possibilities for video card on base of r600 : this last can work with two independent high resolution video. This will allow in particular examining video with function (picture in picture), if your monitor support it.