NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450

Quadro NVS 450 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 11 November 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $163.14. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G98.

Core clock speed - 480 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 8. Floating-point performance - 2x 19.2 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 65 nm. Transistors count - 210 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 35 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
38588
67
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
89
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 67
PassMark - G2D Mark 89

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G98
Launch date 11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $163.14
Place in performance rating 1423
Price now $168
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 0.71

Technical info

Core clock speed 480 MHz
Floating-point performance 2x 19.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm
Pipelines 2x 8
Texture fill rate 2x 3.84 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort

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