The GeForce GTS 450 was a mid-range graphics card by NVIDIA, launched in September 2010. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the GF106 graphics processor, in its GF106-250-KA-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12.0. Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 110, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles. The GF106 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 238 mm² and 1,170 million transistors. It features 192 shading units, 32 texture mapping units and 16 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 1,024 MB GDDR5 memory with the GeForce GTS 450, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface.
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ASUS GeForce GTS450 brings games, graphics and multimedia to the DirectX 11 Fermi 3D age and 810MHz overclocked performance. Please visit the ASUS USA and ASUS Canada websites for information about locally available products. All specifications are subject to change without notice. Please check with your supplier for exact offers. ASUS GeForce GTS450 brings games, graphics and multimedia to the DirectX 11 Fermi 3D age and 810MHz overclocked performance.
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The GPU is operating at a frequency of 783 MHz, memory is running at 902 MHz.Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 106 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI. GeForce GTS 450 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 210 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 129 US Dollars.
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 a look for those with any passing interest in frame rates. This venerable card does have some gaming chops to offer, and for the £81 cost it's a tough card to argue against.The version we've tested is the standard reference version directly from Nvidia. That means it has no extras, no funky third-party cooling solution and definitely no factory overclock.We've taken the price from the, and that's the version from Palit. It does come with a slightly different cooler, but the GPU itself is in reference trim.Immediately you can feel the step up in performance terms with this gaming-oriented card. With DiRT 3 and Far Cry 2 we saw the card hit 32fps and 52fps respectively, and that's with 4x AA running at very playable speeds.The Shogun 2 and Metro 2033 scores, though, are much lower, with the Shogun 2 score especially highlighting Nvidia's performance weakness with this title.But for £80-odd you can't complain. You could drop this into any system and be hitting gaming speeds across most modern titles at the modest 1680 x 1050 resolution.Should you not mind taking the performance hit, this card will also give you access to PhysX extras in game and 3D Vision, if you so wish. Realistically, the GF 106 GPU isn't powerful enough to really do either technology justice and still maintain playable frame rates.
So in essence is more a check-box feature than a real selling point.It's a well-engineered GPU, though, and stays relatively cool, even with the reference cooler at 100 per cent load. We measured it topping out at around 67C when it was constantly stressed at 100 per cent. It is, though, a rather power-hungry beast, pushing the system to 220W under load.
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