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Nvidia rolled out its next-generation 200-series GPUs, the GeForce GTX 260 and GTX 280 today.

You’ll notice NVIDIA has a new naming convention for these cards.  GeForce GTX denotes the current high end, with the model number afterward its performance level in relation to other cards in the same family.

GeForce GTX 280

The big GTX 280 sports a 512-bit memory controller — an upgrade from the previous generation 384-bit controller — connected to 1,024MB GDDR3 memory running at 1107MHz. The chip has 240 processing cores (which used to be called shader units) and 32 edROPs (raster operations processors), and clocks at 1296MHz. Nvidia is selling its new big GPU for $649 (£333) beginning tomorrow.

GeForce GTX 260

The GTX 260 has a 448-bit memory controller connected to 896MB GDDR3 memory clocked at 999MHz. The chip has 192 processing cores and 28 ROPs, running at 1242MHz (that’s pretty darn close to the GTX 280.) The smaller GPU is $399 (~ £205) and goes on sale June 26.