NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR: GPU Specs & Benchmarks

The GeForce 256 SDR is a graphics card by NVIDIA, built on the 220 nm process and based on the NV10 graphics processor (GPU). The video card specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.

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Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU Name
NV10
Architecture
Celsius
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
220 nm
Transistors
17 million
Die Size
139 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Oct 11th, 1999
Family
GeForce 256
Production
End-of-life
Predecessor
TNT2
Bus Interface
AGP 4x

Memory

Memory Size
32 MB
Memory Type
SDR
Memory Bus
64 bit
Bandwidth
1.144 GB/s

Performance

Pixel fillrate
480.0 MPixel/s
Texture fillrate
480.0 MTexel/s

Clock Speeds

Memory Clock
143 MHz
GPU Clock
120 MHz

Render Config

TMUs
4
ROPs
4
Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
N/A

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Thermal design power (TDP)
unknown
Suggested PSU
200 W
Display Connectors
1x VGA
Power Connectors
None

API support

DirectX
7.0
OpenGL
1.2
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Pixel Shader
N/A
Vertex Shader
N/A
GeForce 256 SDR
NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR: GPU Specs & Benchmarks