NVIDIA Quadro NVS 50 PCI videocard review

Quadro NVS 50 PCI videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 31 May 2005. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Celsius microarchitecture codenamed NV18 A4.

Core clock speed - 250 MHz. Texture fill rate - 1 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 29 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 10 Watt.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 64 MB. Memory bus width - 32 Bit. Memory clock speed - 400 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 1.6 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Celsius
Code name	NV18 A4
Launch date	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	29 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	8.0
OpenGL	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	1.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR