NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 videocard review

Quadro NVS 440 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 9 March 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $96.99. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV43 A4.

Core clock speed - 250 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 146 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 31 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 128 MB. Memory bus width - 2x 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

358

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	358

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV43 A4
Launch date	9 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$96.99
Place in performance rating	449
Price now	$93.61
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt
Transistor count	146 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	187 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3