NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

GeForce GTS 450 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 13 September 2010. At the time of release, the videocard cost $129. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF106.

Core clock speed - 1566 MHz. Texture fill rate - 25.1 billion / sec. Pipelines - 192. Floating-point performance - 601.3 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,170 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 106 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz. Memory bandwidth - 57.7 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
1317
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
304
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
4923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
14.758 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
302.509 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
0.965 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
14.925 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
27.656 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
2160 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3365 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3325 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
2160.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3365.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3325.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1317
PassMark - G2D Mark 304
Geekbench - OpenCL 4923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 14.758 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 302.509 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.965 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 14.925 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 27.656 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2160 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3365 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3325 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 2160.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3365.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3325.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

High, 1366x768109.00

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76833.40
Medium, 1366x76827.80
High, 1366x76815.90
Ultra, 1920x10806.30

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x768112.00
Medium, 1366x76887.00
High, 1366x76854.00
Ultra, 1920x108034.00

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

High, 1366x76858.20
Ultra, 1920x108028.40

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Ultra, 1920x108035.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768192.00
Medium, 1366x768125.00
High, 1366x768112.00
Ultra, 1920x108066.00

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

High, 1366x76842.00
Ultra, 1920x108022.00

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76873.00
Medium, 1366x76850.00
High, 1366x76839.00
Ultra, 1920x108016.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768211.00
High, 1366x76883.00
Ultra, 1920x108031.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Ultra, 1920x108039.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

High, 1600x90033.00
Ultra, 1920x108011.00

Stalker: Call of Pripyat (2010)

Ultra, 1920x120027.00

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

High, 1280x102456.70

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Ultra, 1920x108053.60

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

High, 1024x76868.70
Ultra, 1920x108017.30

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Ultra, 1920x108034.00

Doom 3 (2004)

Ultra, 1024x768237.20

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF106
Launch date 13 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Place in performance rating 1144
Price now $64.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 26.46

Technical info

Core clock speed 1566 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 601.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 100 °C
Pipelines 192
Texture fill rate 25.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 106 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI, Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 8.25" (210 mm) (21 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI