NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 videocard review

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 16 September 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $299. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GT200.

Core clock speed - 576 MHz. Texture fill rate - 41.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 216. Floating-point performance - 536.5 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 - 1998 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 111.9 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT200
Launch date	16 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz
Floating-point performance	536.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm
Pipelines	216
Texture fill rate	41.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	182 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	896 MB
Memory bandwidth	111.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	448 Bit
Memory clock speed	1998 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3