NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

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
38582
103
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
143
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 103
PassMark - G2D Mark 143
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 1453
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