NVIDIA NVS 300 videocard review

NVS 300 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 8 January 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $109. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Tesla 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GT218.

Core clock speed - 520 MHz. Texture fill rate - 4.16 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 16. Floating-point performance - 39.36 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 260 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 18 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1580 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 12.64 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

122

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

Geekbench
OpenCL

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

345616

2471

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

996 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

996.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	122
PassMark - G2D Mark	41
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	996 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	996.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218
Launch date	8 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	1654
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt
Transistor count	260 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz
Memory type	DDR3