NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

GeForce GTX 280 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 16 June 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $649. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Tesla 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GT200.

Core clock speed - 1296 MHz. Texture fill rate - 48.2 billion / sec. Pipelines - 240. Floating-point performance - 622.1 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 1,400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 236 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 512 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1107 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 141.7 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
1285
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
59
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
21396
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2697 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2697.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3325 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3325.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 1285
PassMark - G2D Mark 59
Geekbench - OpenCL 21396
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2697 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2697.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3325 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3325.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0
Code name GT200
Launch date 16 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating 1062
Price now $522.78
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 2.98

Technical info

Core clock speed 1296 MHz
CUDA cores 240
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 240
Texture fill rate 48.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 236 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
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 6-pin & 8-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 141.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1107 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI