NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

GeForce 256 DDR videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 1 February 2000. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Celsius microarchitecture codenamed NV10 A3.

Core clock speed - 120 MHz. Texture fill rate - 480 MTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 220 nm. Transistors count - 17 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 32 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 300 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 4.8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
201
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
5
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 201
PassMark - G3D Mark 5

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Celsius
Code name NV10 A3
Launch date 1 February 2000
Place in performance rating 882
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 220 nm
Texture fill rate 480 MTexel / s
Transistor count 17 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 7.0
OpenGL 1.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 MB
Memory bandwidth 4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 300 MHz
Memory type DDR