NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

GeForce GT 230 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 October 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $43.99. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G94B.

Core clock speed - 650 MHz. Texture fill rate - 15.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 48. Floating-point performance - 156 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 505 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 57.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38579
323
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
70
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3233 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3233.000 Fps
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
6073
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 323
PassMark - G2D Mark 70
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3233 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3233.000 Fps
Geekbench - OpenCL 6073

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G94B
Launch date 12 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $43.99
Place in performance rating 1421
Price now $43.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.94

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 505 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3