NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 videocard review

Quadro NVS 420 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 20 January 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $131.43. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G98.

Core clock speed - 550 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 8. Floating-point performance - 2x 22.4 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 210 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 40 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 256 MB. Memory bus width - 2x 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1400 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 11.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

121

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

120

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

658 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

658.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	121
PassMark - G2D Mark	120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	658 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	658.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G98
Launch date	20 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$131.43
Place in performance rating	1501
Price now	$80.99
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm
Pipelines	2x 8
Texture fill rate	2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	210 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3