Palit GTS 450 Sonic Platinum Review

ccokeman - September 27, 2010
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Specifications:

Palit GTS 450 Sonic Platinum

	Graphics Card	GeForce GTS 450
Processing Units	Graphics Processing Clusters	1
	Streaming Multiprocessors	4
	CUDA Cores	192
	Texture Units	32
	ROP Units	16
Clock Speeds	Graphics Clock (Fixed Function Units)	930 MHz
	Processor Clock (CUDA Cores)	1860 MHz
	Memory Clock (Clock rate / Data rate)	1000MHz / 4000 MHz
Memory	Total Video Memory	1024 MB GDDR5
	Memory Interface	128-bit
	Total Memory Bandwidth	64.0 GB/s
Fillrate	Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear)	26.0 GigaTexels/sec
Physical & Thermal	Fabrication Process	40 nm
	Connectors	2 x Dual-Link DVI-I 1 x Mini HDMI 1 x VGA
	Form Factor	Dual Slot
	Power Connectors	1 x 6-pin
	Recommended Power Supply	400 Watts
	Thermal Design Power (TDP)1	106 Watts
	Thermal Threshold2	95° C

Features:

NIVIDIA® CUDA™ technology
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding systems tasks – such as video transcoding – delivering incredible performance improvements over traditional CPU’s
NIVIDIA® PhysX® technology
GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.
NIVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Ready
GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA 3D Vision, bringing a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC. A combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software, 3D Vision transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D. In addition you can watch 3D movies and 3D digital photographs in eye popping, crystal-clear quality.
NIVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Surround Ready
Expand your games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3Dfor the ultimate “inside the game” experience with the power of NVIDIA 3D Vision and SLI technologies. NVIDIA® surround™ also supports triple screen gaming with non-stereo displays.
Microsoft Windows 7 Support
Windows 7 is the next generation operating systems that will mark a dramatic improvement in the way the OS takes advantage of the graphics processing unit (GPU) to provide a more compelling user experience. By taking advantage of the GPU for both graphics and computing, Windows 7 will not only make today’s PC’s more visual and more interactive but also ensure they have the speed and responsiveness customers want.