GeForce4 4200 Go vs Quadro NVS 290

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	1167	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	no data
GPU code name	G86	NV28M
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	4 October 2007 (16 years ago)	15 November 2002 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$68 (0.5x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	6
Core clock speed	459 MHz	2 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	200 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	21 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	3.672	no data
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro NVS 290 and GeForce4 4200 Go compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	no data
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR2	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DMS-59

no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	DDR
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	1.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 October 2007	15 November 2002
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	80 nm	150 nm

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