According to associate , Maxwell solution is already available in the performance of GPU GM117. It also seems unlikely that the new GPU is manufactured using 20-nm process technology.
laptops mobile graphics Maxwell can already start to appear on sale. Such devices are on board GeForce 820M graphics card with support for DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.4 (note for GeForce 400 and above support OpenGL 4.4 appeared in fresh drivers 332.21 WHQL). Kepler Solutions architecture , as we know, supports only DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.3. In the desktop segment GM117 can replace GK208, which is used in adapters GeForce 640 and 630 in the OEM-version .
Maxwell support the new API of Microsoft - DirectX 12 (DirectX Next).