NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 videocard review

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

38711

323

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

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

352097

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	1419
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