NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCIe videocard review

Quadro NVS 280 PCIe videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 25 May 2004. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Rankine microarchitecture codenamed NV37.

Core clock speed - 275 MHz. Texture fill rate - 1.1 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 45 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 13 Watt.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 64 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 8 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rankine
Code name	NV37
Launch date	25 May 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Transistor count	45 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR