Planned to have a rather stealthy release, the GeForce GTX 260 (216 Processing Cores) powered by the 55nm GT200b has made a shy debut in Japan where it has already been seen on sale. Pictured below, the card is made by Inno3D and, in addition to featuring the awaited 55nm GPU, it comes overclocked - 620 MHz for the core (576 MHz stock) and 2100 MHz for the 896 MB of GDDR3 memory (1998 MHz), with the shader frequency most likely set higher than the reference 1242 MHz.

Based on Nvidia's design, Inno3D's 55nm GeForce GTX 260 (216) has a dual-slot cooler, a 448-it memory interface, DirectX 10 and triple-SLI support, dual-DVI connectivity, CUDA and PhysX capabilities and a PCI-Express 2.0 interface. Unfortunately, the card's listed price - 34,980 yen / $390.7, doesn't do it any justice but we're sure it's just a temporary thing.







Photos courtesy of watch.impress.co.jp.