NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

GeForce 9400 GT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 1 August 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $79.99. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G86.

Core clock speed - 1400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 4.4 billion / sec. Pipelines - 16. Floating-point performance - 29.376 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 210 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.

Memory type: DDR2. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 400 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 12.8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38579
162
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
39
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1796 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1796.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1016 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1016.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 162
PassMark - G2D Mark 39
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1796 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1796.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1016 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1016.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G86
Launch date 1 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $79.99
Place in performance rating 1468
Price now $79.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 3.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 1400 MHz
CUDA cores 16
Floating-point performance 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz
Memory type DDR2

Technologies

CUDA
SLI