NVIDIA NVS 300 videocard review

NVIDIA NVS 300

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
38588
122
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
41
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345150
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