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i3DSpeed, June 2010

NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 1024MB DDR5 (585/3780 MHz)

Andrey Vorobiev; July 12, 2010.

On the example of Palit GeForce GT 240 1024MB DDR5 (585/3780 MHz).

Price: Newegg, Amazon.

Features:

  • GPU: GeForce GT 240 (GT216)
  • Memory: 1024 MB GDDR5 SDRAM in 8 Samsung chips on both sides; 1250 (5000) MHz clock rate
  • Interface: PCIe x16
  • GPU (ROPs/Shaders) clock rate: 585/1418 MHz (550/1340 MHz nominal)
  • Memory clock rate, physical (effective): 945 (3780) MHz (850 (3400) MHz nominal)
  • Bus width: 128-bit
  • Vertex processors: -
  • Pixel processors: -
  • Unified processors: 96
  • Texture processors: 32 (BLF/TLF)
  • ROPs: 12
  • Size: 190x100x15 mm
  • PCB color: red
  • RAMDACs/TDMS: integrated into GPU
  • Outputs: DVI (Dual-Link), VGA, HDMI
  • VIVO: -
  • Multi-GPU: Hardware SLI


Maximum resolutions and frequencies:

  • 240 Hz maximum refresh rate
  • 2048 x 1536 x 32bit @ 85Hz Max - analog interface
  • 2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz Max - digital interface (all Dual-Link DVIs)

MPEG2 playback (DVD-Video) was analyzed back in 2002 and little has changed since that time. Modern graphics cards do not load CPUs during video playback by more than 25%.

The HDTV review is available here.

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