Quadro NVS 280 SD: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro NVS 280 SD sales 31 May 2005. This is a Celsius architecture desktop card based on 150 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 64 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.2 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 3.2 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via AGP 8x interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 168 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 10 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Quadro NVS 280 SD: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | 1584 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | |
| GPU code name | NV18 C1 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 31 May 2005 (20 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Quadro NVS 280 SD's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro NVS 280 SD's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | of 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI) |
| Number of transistors | 29 million | of 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | of 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | of 235 (FirePro S9150) |
| Texture fill rate | 1.000 | of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 2 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 4 | of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro NVS 280 SD and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | AGP 8x | |
| Length | 168 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro NVS 280 SD: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti) |
| Memory clock speed | 200 MHz | of 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 3.2 GB/s | of 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro NVS 280 SD. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x DMS-59 |
API and SDK support
APIs supported by Quadro NVS 280 SD, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro NVS 280 SD. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Send your test results of Quadro NVS 280 SD.
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