NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240

GeForce GT 240 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 17 November 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $80. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GT215.

Core clock speed - 1340 MHz. Texture fill rate - 17.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 257.28 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 727 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 69 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB or 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 54.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
504
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
48
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
9236
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1979 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1979.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1385 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1385.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 504
PassMark - G2D Mark 48
Geekbench - OpenCL 9236
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1979 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1979.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1385 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1385.000 Fps

Games performance

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Ultra, 1920x108025.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0
Code name GT215
Launch date 17 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Place in performance rating 1390
Price now $37.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 22.27

Technical info

Core clock speed 1340 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 257.28 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105C C
Pipelines 96
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt
Transistor count 727 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors DVIVGAHDMI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 6.6" (168mm) (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1
OpenGL 3.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB or 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz GDDR5, 1000 MHz GDDR3, 900 MHz DDR3 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA