GeForce GTX260 Core 216 will be upgraded straight off with the new 55nm GPU without any other changes to the specifications. The frequencies remain the same as do the shader count. There are other changes to the card though, like the new and smaller cooler, which unfortunately means that the temperatures are pretty much the same as before, while the power consumption oddly goes higher under load, but is instead lower during idle, at least according to the numbers posted by Expreview.