NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

GeForce GTX 260 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 16 June 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $449. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GT200.

Core clock speed - 1242 MHz. Texture fill rate - 36.9 billion / sec. Pipelines - 192. Floating-point performance - 476.9 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 1,400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 182 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 896 MB. Memory bus width - 448 Bit. Memory clock speed - 999 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 111.9 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38576
1218
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
56
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
344136
19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
8.664 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
477.327 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
24.906 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
29.525 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3342 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3342.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1218
PassMark - G2D Mark 56
Geekbench - OpenCL 19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 8.664 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 477.327 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 24.906 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 29.525 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3342 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3342.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0
Code name GT200
Launch date 16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $449
Place in performance rating 1408
Price now $95.38
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.70

Technical info

Core clock speed 1242 MHz
CUDA cores 192
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 192
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 182 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 896 MB
Memory bandwidth 111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 448 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI