Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

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Nvidia GeForce GTS 450
Fermi
Architecture
Entry-level
Product Tier
192
Shader Cores
16
ROPs
32
TMUs
No RT
Ray Tracing
1 GB
Memory
GDDR5
Memory Type
57.73 GB/s
Bandwidth
106 W
TDP
GPU Snapshot
Release date:Sep 13, 2010Price at Launch:$129
Type:DesktopArchitecture:Fermi
Generation:GeForce GTX 400 seriesProduct Tier:Entry-level
VRAM Capacity:1 GBTotal Board Power:106 W
Core Configuration
Shader Cores:192TMUs:32
ROPs:16L2 Cache:256 KB
Memory
VRAM Capacity:1 GBMemory Type:GDDR5
Memory Speed:3.6 GbpsMemory Bus:128-bit
Bandwidth:57.73 TB/s
Graphics Processing
Base Clock:783 MHzFP32 Throughput:0.601 TFLOPs
Ray Tracing:NoProcess Size:40nm
Process Name:TSMC 40nmDie Size:238 mm²
Power & Connectivity
Total Board Power:106 WPower Connectors:1x 6-pin
Bus Interface:PCIe 2.0 x16HDMI Support:HDMI 1.3a
DSC:NoMax Displays:2
Media & Software Support
DirectX Support:12Shader Model:5.1
OpenGL Version:4.6

Reviews and Ratings

72

Average Score

Based on 10 reviews

Reviewers Liked

  • Lower overall temperature, Great for 1680 x 1050 gaming, High Overclocking potential, SLI ready for a Multi-Display setup
  • Tremendous overclocking potential!, Cool operating temperatures at idle and load, Consumes only 16 watts of power at idle, Good value at $130 easily beats Radeon 5750, Excellent pricetoperformance cost ratio, Fermi Introduces Error Correcting Code (E
  • Excellent performance at medium and low resolutions; runs extremely quiet; very good video playback; inexpensive

Reviewers Didn't Like

  • TripleSLI not supported
  • Blocks an adjacent slot; gaming performance lags on 24-inch and larger monitors
80

The Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 is in serious gamers' graphics card territory, without hitting the big prices. Nvidia doesn't have a great lineup in the budget segment of cards, and anything lower than this here GeForce GTS 450 isn't really worth...

By TechRadar on
60

This is a good mid-range NVIDIA graphics card. It does a decent job in all fields: games, energy consumption, noise and functions. But with a new generation of AMD cards just around the corner, the GTS 450 could prove to be too little too...

By DigitalVersus on
67

Nvidia's cheapest Fermi card yet, but still pales in comparison to ATI's faster rivals...

By PC Pro on
70

efficient SLI scaling for the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 GPU means that users adding a second board can expect to see a performance increase to the tune of 70 per cent, along with entry into the 3D Vision and three-monitor clubs. Worth putting on the...

By HEXUS.net on
60

Well, better late than never. Ever since Nvidia launched its GeForce GTX 480, its first video card using its new Fermi architecture, about six months ago, the question has been when the technology would filter down into lower price ranges. Though...

By ExtremeTech on
80

Mainstream gaming is a very fierce market segment driven by price and performance with the winners chosen not by placement on store shelves but rather by the consumer and user experience. The GTS 450 is designed specifically for this market segment...

By Ninjalane on
90

This $129 DirectX 11 graphics card provides plenty of horsepower for gaming on 22-inch and smaller monitors, as well as the full feature set of Nvidia’s pricier cards....

By Computer Shopper on

Offering low idle power consumption, impressively quiet operation, full hardware acceleration - available commercially and to the FOSS community - for video playback alongside an unmatched feature set at a reasonable price ($100-$150 street) the...

By Missing Remote on

It might have taken NVIDIA a while to catch up to AMD in terms of a completed GPU line-up, but with the GTS 450, it's happened, and fans of the green side will be pleased with the $130 performance seen here. NVIDIA's card didn't out-perform...

By Techgage on

The GeForce GTS 450 is the first DirectX 11 mid-range graphics chip released by NVIDIA, and today we are publishing the review of the NVIDIA reference model. Let’s see if video cards based on this new chip are worthwhile buying.The new GTS 450...

By Hardware Secrets on

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 was launched on 13 September 2010. It also marks the end of an incredibly long wait for NVIDIA to release a mainstream DirectX 11 graphics card. Priced exactly the same as the ATI Radeon HD 5750, NVIDIA claims that the...

By VR-Zone on

Final Words & Conclusion Very little negative can be said about two GeForce GTS 450 cards setup in SLI. In previous articles we have shown you guys already that the performance scaling of two GPUs is something the GTX 400 series is really good at....

By Guru of 3D on
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