NVIDIA to announce three GeForce 600M cards Dec 6

NVIDIA plans to release three new mobile graphics processors on December 6 that won't necessarily be as next-generation as claimed, according to leaks. Falling under the GeForce 600M range, the chips identified by VR-Zone would include the GeForce 610M, GeForce GT 630M and GeForce GT 635M. Some of these would be rebranded and based on existing 500M-era hardware.

The 610M will reportedly use the GF119 core and replace the GeForce 410M and GT 520M. It should get 48 visual processing cores, a 64-bit memory bus, and be codenamed N13M-GE1/3/5.

The GT 630M and GeForce GT 635M will be based on variants of the current GeForce GT 555M. They are both expected to use the GF106 core, and it's not known which of the four variants of the GT 555M they will borrow. The card was available with between 96 and 144 processing cores, 128- or 192-bit memory interfaces, and main clock speeds ranging from 590MHz to 753MHz. The N12E-GE2, the codename for the GT 630M, may get 144 processing cores and 128-bit memory, however, while the GT 635M could be clocked higher and use 192-bit memory even as it uses the same 144 cores.

More versions than just these are expected, as PC builders ask for individual variants.

The three new mobile processors are likely to be based on the current Fermi architecture instead of the next-generation Kepler. The first of the Kepler graphics platforms is presumed to be seen in a fourth member of the GeForce 600M line due later in 2012.

With the official release of the graphics line alone slated for December 6, notebooks shipping with the processors aren't likely to ship until early next year.

By Electronista Staff