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Appeared on: Thursday, May 29, 2014
NVIDIA Introduces The Sub-$100 GeForce GT 740 Graphics Card

NVIDIA has released another entry-level graphics, the GeForce GTX 740.

The card is based on the GK107 GPU, based on the "Kepler" microarchitecture and is essentialy a rebadge of the Geforce GT 640.

GT 740 GPU Engine Specs
Graphics card version GT 740 GDDR5 GT 740
CUDA Cores
384
Base Clock (MHz)
993
GT 740 Memory Specs:
Memory Clock
5.0 Gbps
1.8 Gbps
Standard Memory Config
1024 MB
2048 MB
Memory Interface
GDDR5
DDR3
Memory Interface Width
128-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)
80
28.8
GT 740 Feature Support:
Microsoft DirectX
12 API
(feature level 11_0)
OpenGL
4.4
Bus Support
PCI Express 3.0
Certified for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, XP
Yes
Supported Technologies
3D Vision, CUDA,
DirectX 12, PhysX, TXAA, FXAA,
Adaptive VSync,
NVIDIA Surround
3D Vision Ready
Yes
Display Support
Multi Monitor
3 Displays
Maximum Digital Resolution
2560x1600
4096x2160
Maximum VGA Resolution
2048x1536
HDCP
Yes
HDMI
Yes
Standard Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I,
Dual Link DVI-D,
mini HDMI
Audio Input for HDMI
Internal
Card Dimensions

Height: 4.38 inches

Length: 5.7 inches

Width: Dual-width

Thermal and Power Specs:
Maximum GPU Temperature (in C)
98
Graphics Card Power (W)
64
Minimum Recommended System Power (W)
400
Supplementary Power Connectors One 6-pin  
3D Vision Ready
3D Blu-Ray
Yes
3D Photos
Yes

It features 384 CUDA cores, 32 TMUs, and 16 ROPs. It comes with a 128-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface holding 1 GB (GDDR5) of memory but 2 GB (DDR3) variants will also be available from Nvidia's partners.

The card consumes low power with a TDP of just 64W, ameaning that it could be powered by the PCIe slot, although 2 GB variants could require a 6-pin PCIe power input.

The GTX 740 will retail for less than $100 and will compete with integrated graphics solutions and Intel Iris Pro 5000 series.



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