Geforce gtx 450: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Specs

Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 review

TechRadar Verdict

The GTS 450 is now at a bargain price, but similarly priced AMD cards represent a better choice

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Pros

• +

  Decent gaming chops

• +

  Stays cool

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 cheapest GTS 450 we’ve found available, 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.

Thermal performance
100% Load: Degrees Centigrade: Lower is better
Nvidia GTS 450: 67
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 80

DirectX 11 tessellation performance (2,560 x 1,600)
Heaven 2.5 Frames Per Second: Higher is better
Nvidia GTS 450: 8.7
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 4.6

DirectX 11 gaming performance (1,920 x 1,080)
Shogun 2 Frames Per Second: Higher is better
Nvidia GTS 450: 17
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 14

Power performance
100% Load Watts: Lower is better
Nvidia GTS 450: 220
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 135

DirectX 11 gaming performance (1,680 x 1,050)
DiRT 3 Frames Per Second: Higher is better
Nvidia GTS 450: 32
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 21

DirectX 11 gaming performance (1,680 x 1,050)
Metro 2033 Frames Per Second: Higher is better
Nvidia GTS 450: 11
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 8

DirectX 10 gaming performance (1,680 x 1,050)
Just Cause 2 Frames Per Second: Higher is better
Nvidia GTS 450: 28
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 18

DirectX 10 gaming performance (1,680 x 1,050)
Far Cry 2 Frames Per Second: Higher is better
Nvidia GTS 450: 52
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 31

Nvidia win?

At this price both the Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate and Sapphire HD 6670 Ultimate are quite simply blown out of the gaming paddling pool – neither can come close to this Nvidia card’s performance.

Unfortunately that doesn’t equate to a price point win for the green company, as AMD’s lineup of budget GPUs still has more tricks up its sleeve.

The big problem for the Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 is the fact the HD 5770 is still on the market for the same price, and that last-gen DirectX11 GPU is still one of the best budget cards around.

Sadly then, for Nvidia at least, the GTS 450 still has no place to call its home. It’s head and shoulders above the lower-end AMD cards, but there are still more impressive options available to us consumers for the same price.

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Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050: What is the difference?

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Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

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54 facts in comparison

Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Why is Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 better than Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050?

• Supports multi-display technology?
• 35°C lower load GPU temperature?
  62°Cvs97°C
• 1 more DVI outputs?
  2vs1
• 3 more displays supported?
  3vs0

Why is Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 better than Nvidia GeForce GTS 450?

• 609MHz faster GPU clock speed?
  1392MHzvs783MHz
• 1.13 TFLOPS higher floating-point performance?
  1.73 TFLOPSvs0.6 TFLOPS
• 30.17 GPixel/s higher pixel rate?
  36.43 GPixel/svs6. 26 GPixel/s
• 31W lower TDP?
  75Wvs106W
• 850MHz faster memory clock speed?
  1752MHzvs902MHz
• 3400MHz higher effective memory clock speed?
  7008MHzvs3608MHz
• 2x more VRAM?
  2GBvs1GB
• 47.76 GTexels/s higher texture rate?
  72.86 GTexels/svs25.1 GTexels/s

Which are the most popular comparisons?

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 460

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AMD Radeon RX 550

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AMD Radeon R7 250

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650

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MSI GeForce GT 1030 2G LP OC

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

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AMD Radeon Vega 8

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 560

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

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Nvidia GeForce MX330

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 750

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

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Nvidia GeForce MX350 Laptop

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Nvidia GeForce GT 520 (OEM)

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

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Nvidia GeForce MX150

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Nvidia GeForce GT 640

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

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Nvidia GeForce 940MX

Price comparison

User reviews

Overall Rating

Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

2 User reviews

Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

10. 0/10

2 User reviews

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

2 User reviews

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

6.0/10

2 User reviews

Features

Value for money

10.0/10

1 votes

6.5/10

2 votes

Gaming

7.0/10

1 votes

6.0/10

2 votes

Performance

8.0/10

1 votes

6.0/10

2 votes

Fan noise

6.0/10

1 votes

10.0/10

2 votes

Reliability

9.0/10

1 votes

6.0/10

2 votes

Performance

1.GPU clock speed

783MHz

1392MHz

The graphics processing unit (GPU) has a higher clock speed.

2.GPU turbo

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Nvidia GeForce GTS 450)

1518MHz

When the GPU is running below its limitations, it can boost to a higher clock speed in order to give increased performance.

3.pixel rate

6.26 GPixel/s

36.43 GPixel/s

The number of pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.

4.floating-point performance

0.6 TFLOPS

1.73 TFLOPS

Floating-point performance is a measurement of the raw processing power of the GPU.

5.texture rate

25.1 GTexels/s

72.86 GTexels/s

The number of textured pixels that can be rendered to the screen every second.

6.GPU memory speed

902MHz

1752MHz

The memory clock speed is one aspect that determines the memory bandwidth.

7.shading units

Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors within the graphics card that are responsible for processing different aspects of the image.

8.texture mapping units (TMUs)

TMUs take textures and map them to the geometry of a 3D scene. More TMUs will typically mean that texture information is processed faster.

9.render output units (ROPs)

The ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, writing the final pixel data to memory and carrying out other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the look of graphics.

Memory

1.effective memory speed

3608MHz

7008MHz

The effective memory clock speed is calculated from the size and data rate of the memory. Higher clock speeds can give increased performance in games and other apps.

2.maximum memory bandwidth

57.7GB/s

112.1GB/s

This is the maximum rate that data can be read from or stored into memory.

3.VRAM

VRAM (video RAM) is the dedicated memory of a graphics card. More VRAM generally allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution.

4.memory bus width

128bit

128bit

A wider bus width means that it can carry more data per cycle. It is an important factor of memory performance, and therefore the general performance of the graphics card.

5.version of GDDR memory

Newer versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher transfer rates that give increased performance.

6.Supports ECC memory

✖Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Error-correcting code memory can detect and correct data corruption. It is used when is it essential to avoid corruption, such as scientific computing or when running a server.

Features

1.DirectX version

DirectX is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.

2.OpenGL version

OpenGL is used in games, with newer versions supporting better graphics.

3.OpenCL version

Some apps use OpenCL to apply the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing. Newer versions introduce more functionality and better performance.

4.Supports multi-display technology

✔Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

The graphics card supports multi-display technology. This allows you to configure multiple monitors in order to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as having a wider field of view.

5.load GPU temperature

A lower load temperature means that the card produces less heat and its cooling system performs better.

6.supports ray tracing

✖Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections in games.

7. Supports 3D

✔Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D display and glasses).

8.supports DLSS

✖Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an upscaling technology powered by AI. It allows the graphics card to render games at a lower resolution and upscale them to a higher resolution with near-native visual quality and increased performance. DLSS is only available on select games.

9.PassMark (G3D) result

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050)

This benchmark measures the graphics performance of a video card. Source: PassMark.

Ports

1.has an HDMI output

✔Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Devices with a HDMI or mini HDMI port can transfer high definition video and audio to a display.

2.HDMI ports

More HDMI ports mean that you can simultaneously connect numerous devices, such as video game consoles and set-top boxes.

3.HDMI version

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HDMI 2.0

Newer versions of HDMI support higher bandwidth, which allows for higher resolutions and frame rates.

4.DisplayPort outputs

Allows you to connect to a display using DisplayPort.

5.DVI outputs

Allows you to connect to a display using DVI.

6.mini DisplayPort outputs

Allows you to connect to a display using mini-DisplayPort.

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GeForce GTS 450 [in 8 benchmarks]

NVIDIA
GeForce GTS 450

Buy

• Interface PCIe 2. 0 x16
• Core clock speed 783 MHz
• Max video memory 1024 MB
• Memory type GDDR5
• Memory clock speed 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
• Maximum resolution

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTS 450 sales 13 September 2010 at a recommended price of $129. This is Fermi architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 57.7 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 8.25″ (210 mm) (21 cm). 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 106 Watt.

It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at

4.52%

of a leader’s which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

GeForce GTS
450

vs

GeForce RTX
3090 Ti

General info

Of GeForce GTS 450’s architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	609
Place by popularity	36
Value for money	0.72
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF106
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	13 September 2010 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Current price	$122 (0. 9x MSRP)	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Value for money

To get the index we compare the characteristics of video cards and their relative prices.

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Technical specs

GeForce GTS 450’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTS 450’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	192	of 18432 (AD102)
CUDA cores	192
Core clock speed	783 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	1,170 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti)
Thermal design power (TDP)	106 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C
Texture fill rate	25. 1 billion/sec	of 939.8 (h200 SXM5)
Floating-point performance	601.3 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce GTS 450’s 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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	8.25″ (210 mm) (21 cm)
Height	4.376″ (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin
SLI options	+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTS 450: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don’t have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1804 (3608 data rate) MHz	of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti)
Memory bandwidth	57.7 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTS 450. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048×1536
Audio input for HDMI	Internal

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTS 450, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.2	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce GTS 450. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTS 450
4.52

• Passmark
• 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
• 3DMark Vantage Performance
• 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
• 3DMark Fire Strike Score
• 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
• GeekBench 5 OpenCL
• Octane Render OctaneBench

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.

Benchmark coverage: 26%

GTS 450
1338

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280×720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTS 450
1888

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280×1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTS 450
9758

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280×720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTS 450
12447

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTS 450
1463

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920×1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTS 450
1545

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU’s processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTS 450
4501

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTS 450
15

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Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GTS 450. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

40 Mh/s

Game benchmarks

Let’s see how good GeForce GTS 450 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

900p	28
Full HD	38
1200p	27

Popular games

• Full HD
  Low Preset
• Full HD
  Medium Preset
• Full HD
  High Preset
• Full HD
  Ultra Preset
• 1440p
  High Preset
• 1440p
  Ultra Preset
• 4K
  High Preset
• 4K
  Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5−6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6
Forza Horizon 4	5−6
Hitman 3	5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5−6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6
Forza Horizon 4	5−6
Hitman 3	5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6
Metro Exodus	5−6
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5−6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6
Forza Horizon 4	5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6
Hitman 3	5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6
Metro Exodus	5−6
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5−6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6
Forza Horizon 4	5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6
Hitman 3	5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6
Metro Exodus	5−6
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5−6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5−6
Battlefield 5	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6
Far Cry 5	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6
Forza Horizon 4	5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce GTS 450 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

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ATI Radeon HD 4870
104.42

AMD Radeon 540
100.88

AMD FireStream 9270
100.44

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
100

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
98.01

AMD Radeon Vega 6
97.12

AMD Radeon HD 6770
92.26

AMD equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTS 450 from AMD is FireStream 9270, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.

FireStream
9270

Compare

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTS 450:

ATI Radeon HD 4870
104. 42

AMD Radeon 540
100.88

AMD FireStream 9270
100.44

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
100

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
98.01

AMD Radeon Vega 6
97.12

AMD Radeon HD 6770
92.26

Similar GPUs

Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

GeForce GTX
550 Ti

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Radeon HD
6790

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Radeon HD
4850

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Radeon HD
5770

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Radeon HD
5670

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Radeon HD
5850

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Recommended processors

These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTS 450 according to our statistics.

Core i3
2100

5.2%

Athlon II
X4 640

3.5%

Athlon II
X2 250

2.2%

Core i3
2120

2.2%

Core 2
Quad Q6600

1.9%

Core i3
540

1.8%

Core 2
Duo E8400

1.7%

Core i5
2400

1. 7%

Core i5
2300

1.5%

Core i3
3220

1.4%

User rating

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GeForce GTS 450 [in 8 benchmarks]

NVIDIA
GeForce GTS 450

• PCIe 2.0 x16 interface
• Core clock 783 MHz
• Video memory size 1024 MB
• Memory type GDDR5
• Memory frequency 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
• Maximum resolution

Description

NVIDIA started GeForce GTS 450 sales on September 13, 2010 at a suggested price of $129. This is a desktop card based on the Fermi architecture and 40 nm manufacturing process, primarily designed for office use. It has 1 GB of GDDR5 memory at 1.8 GHz, and coupled with a 128-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 57.7 Gb / s.

In terms of compatibility, this is a two-slot PCIe 2.0 x16 card. The length of the reference version is 21 cm. An additional 6-pin power cable is required for connection, and the power consumption is 106 watts.

It provides poor performance in tests and games at the level of

4.52%

from the leader, which is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.

GeForce GTS
450

or

GeForce RTX
3090 Ti

General information

Price now 122 $ (0.9x) of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

The price is

for obtaining the index of the characteristics of their characteristics. taking into account the cost of other cards.

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Characteristics

GeForce GTS 450’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak about GeForce GTS 450’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

9006DA

8

Number of stream processors	192	of 18432 (AD102)

Compatibility and dimensions

Information on GeForce GTS 450 compatibility with other computer components. Useful for example when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one. For desktop video cards, these are the interface and connection bus (compatibility with the motherboard), the physical dimensions of the video card (compatibility with the motherboard and case), additional power connectors (compatibility with the power supply).

6-pin Support SLI +

RAM

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTS 450 — type, size, bus, frequency and bandwidth. For video cards built into the processor that do not have their own memory, a shared part of the RAM is used.

Memory type

0059 Memory bandwidth

57.7 Gbps

out of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)

Video outputs

1

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTS 450. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for laptop ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Video connectors

Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI

+

Benchmark tests

These are the results of GeForce GTS 450 rendering performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest video card at the moment.

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Overall benchmark performance

This is our overall performance rating. We regularly improve our algorithms, but if you find any inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in the comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTS 450
4.52

• Passmark
• 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
• 3DMark Vantage Performance
• 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
• 3DMark Fire Strike Score
• 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
• GeekBench 5 OpenCL
• Octane Render OctaneBench

Passmark

This is a very common benchmark included in the Passmark PerformanceTest package. He gives the card a thorough evaluation, running four separate tests for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11, and 12 (the latter being done at 4K resolution whenever possible), and a few more tests using DirectCompute.

Benchmark coverage: 26%

GTS 450
1338

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is Futuremark’s legacy DirectX 11 benchmark. He used four tests based on two scenes: one is several submarines exploring a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All tests make extensive use of volumetric lighting and tessellation and, despite being run at 1280×720, are relatively heavy. Support for 3DMark 11 ended in January 2020 and is now being replaced by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTS 450
1888

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark. It loads the graphics card with two scenes, one of which is a girl running away from some kind of military base located in a sea cave, and the other is a space fleet attacking defenseless planet. Support for 3DMark Vantage was discontinued in April 2017 and it is now recommended to use the Time Spy benchmark instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTS 450
9758

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is a legacy DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark used to test home PCs and low-end laptops. It displays several scenes of some strange teleportation device launching spaceships into the unknown at a fixed resolution of 1280×720. As with the Ice Storm benchmark, it was deprecated in January 2020 and 3DMark Night Raid is now recommended instead.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTS 450
12447

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTS 450
1463

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests showing a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature that appears to be made of lava. Using resolution 1920×1080, Fire Strike shows quite realistic graphics and is quite demanding on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTS 450
1545

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widely used benchmark for graphics cards that combines 11 different test scenarios. All of these scenarios are based on the direct use of the processing power of the GPU, without the use of 3D rendering. This option uses the Khronos Group’s OpenCL API.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTS 450
4501

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a dedicated benchmark for measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine created by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program or as a plug-in for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other applications. It renders four different static scenes and then compares the render times to the reference card, which is the GeForce GTX 9 at the moment.80. This benchmark does not measure gaming performance and is intended for professional 3D artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTS 450
15

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Mining hashrates

GeForce GTS 450 performance in cryptocurrency mining. Usually the result is measured in mhash / s — the number of millions of solutions generated by the video card in one second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)

40 Mh/s

Game tests

FPS in popular games on the GeForce GTS 450, as well as compliance with system requirements. Remember that the official requirements of the developers do not always match the data of real tests.

Average FPS

Here are the average fps for a large selection of popular games at various resolutions:

1440p
High Preset

1440p
Ultra Preset

4K
High Preset

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5-6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5-6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5-6
Battlefield 5	5-6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5-6
Cyberpunk 2077	5-6
Far Cry 5	5-6
Far Cry New Dawn	5-6
Forza Horizon 4	5-6
Hitman 3	5-6
Horizon Zero Dawn	5-6
Red Dead Redemption 2	5-6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5-6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5-6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5-6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5-6
Battlefield 5	5-6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5-6
Cyberpunk 2077	5-6
Far Cry 5	5-6
Far Cry New Dawn	5-6
Forza Horizon 4	5-6
Hitman 3	5-6
Horizon Zero Dawn	5-6
Metro Exodus	5-6
Red Dead Redemption 2	5-6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5-6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5-6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5-6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5-6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5-6
Battlefield 5	5-6
Cyberpunk 2077	5-6
Far Cry 5	5-6
Far Cry New Dawn	5-6
Forza Horizon 4	5-6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5-6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5-6

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5-6
Hitman 3	5-6
Horizon Zero Dawn	5-6
Metro Exodus	5-6
Red Dead Redemption 2	5-6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5-6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5-6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5-6
Battlefield 5	5-6
Cyberpunk 2077	5-6
Far Cry 5	5-6
Far Cry New Dawn	5-6
Forza Horizon 4	5-6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5-6

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5-6
Hitman 3	5-6
Horizon Zero Dawn	5-6
Metro Exodus	5-6
Red Dead Redemption 2	5-6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5-6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5-6

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey	5-6
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla	5-6
Battlefield 5	5-6
Cyberpunk 2077	5-6
Far Cry 5	5-6
Far Cry New Dawn	5-6
Forza Horizon 4	5-6
Watch Dogs: Legion	5-6

Relative performance

Overall GeForce GTS 450 performance compared to its nearest desktop competitor.

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ATI Radeon HD 4870
104.42

AMD Radeon 540
100.88

AMD FireStream 9270
100.44

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
100

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
98.01

AMD Radeon Vega 6
97.12

AMD Radeon HD 6770
92.26

AMD competitor

We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTS 450 from AMD is FireStream 9270, which is approximately equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.

firestream
9270

Compare

Here are some of AMD’s closest competitors to the GeForce GTS 450:

ATI Radeon HD 4870
104.42

AMD Radeon 540
100. 88

AMD FireStream 9270
100.44

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
100

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
98.01

AMD Radeon Vega 6
97.12

AMD Radeon HD 6770
92.26

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Recommended processors

According to our statistics, these processors are most often used with the GeForce GTS 450.

Core i3
2100

5.2%

Athlon II
X4 640

3.5%

Athlon II
X2 250

2.2%

Core i3
2120

2.2%

Core 2
Quad Q6600

1.9%

Core i3
540

1.8%

Core 2
Duo E8400

1.7%

Core i5
2400

1.7%

Core i5
2300

1.5%

Core i3
3220

1. 4%

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Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050: What is the difference?

2 vs 1

Supports 3 more displays?
3 vs 0

Why is Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 better than Nvidia GeForce GTS 450?

• GPU frequency 609MHz higher?
  1392MHz vs 783MHz
• 1.13 TFLOPS higher than FLOPS?
  1.73 TFLOPS vs 0.6 TFLOPS
• 30.17 GPixel/s higher pixel rate?
  36.43 GPixel/s vs 6.26 GPixel/s
• 31W below TDP?
  75W vs 106W
• 850MHz faster memory speed?
  1752MHz vs 902MHz
• 3400MHz higher effective clock speed?
  7008MHz vs 3608MHz
• 2x more VRAM?
  2GB vs 1GB
• 47. 76 GTexels/s higher number of textured pixels?
  72.86 GTexels/s vs 25.1 GTexels/s

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Games

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performance

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Fan noise

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Religious

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performance

1. TECTIC FECTION of GP

783MHz

1392MHZ

GPU (GPU) has a higher clock.

2.turbo GPU

Unknown. Help us offer a price. (Nvidia GeForce GTS 450)

1518MHz

When the GPU is running below its limits, it can jump to a higher clock speed to increase performance.

3. pixel rate

6.26 GPixel/s

36.43 GPixel/s

The number of pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second.

4.flops

0.6TFLOPS

1.73 TFLOPS

FLOPS is a measurement of GPU processing power.

5.texture size

25.1 GTexels/s

72.86 GTexels/s

Number of textured pixels that can be displayed on the screen every second.

6.GPU memory speed

902MHz

1752MHz

Memory speed is one aspect that determines memory bandwidth.

7.hatch patterns

Shading units (or stream processors) are small processors in a graphics card that are responsible for processing various aspects of an image.

8.textured units (TMUs)

TMUs accept textured units and bind them to the geometric layout of the 3D scene. More TMUs generally means texture information is processed faster.

9 ROPs

ROPs are responsible for some of the final steps of the rendering process, such as writing the final pixel data to memory and for performing other tasks such as anti-aliasing to improve the appearance of graphics.

Memory

1.memory effective speed

3608MHz

7008MHz

The effective memory clock frequency is calculated from the memory size and data transfer rate. A higher clock speed can give better performance in games and other applications.

2.max memory bandwidth

57.7GB/s

112.1GB/s

This is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored in memory.

3.VRAM

VRAM (video RAM) is dedicated video memory. More VRAM usually allows you to run games at higher settings, especially for things like texture resolution.

4. memory bus width

128bit

128bit

Wider memory bus means it can carry more data per cycle. This is an important factor in memory performance, and therefore the overall performance of the graphics card.

5.versions of GDDR memory

Later versions of GDDR memory offer improvements such as higher data transfer rates, which improves performance.

6. Supports memory debug code

✖Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Memory debug code can detect and fix data corruption. It is used when necessary to avoid distortion, such as in scientific computing or when starting a server.

Functions

1.DirectX version

DirectX is used in games with a new version that supports better graphics.

OpenGL version 2.

The newer the OpenGL version, the better graphics quality in games.

OpenCL version 3.

Some applications use OpenCL to use the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for non-graphical computing. Newer versions are more functional and better quality.

4. Supports multi-monitor technology

✔Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

The video card has the ability to connect multiple screens. This allows you to set up multiple monitors at the same time to create a more immersive gaming experience, such as a wider field of view.

5. GPU temperature at boot

Lower boot temperature means the card generates less heat and the cooling system works better.

6.supports ray tracing

✖Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Ray tracing is an advanced light rendering technique that provides more realistic lighting, shadows and reflections in games.

7.Supports 3D

✔Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Allows you to view in 3D (if you have a 3D screen and glasses).

8.supports DLSS

✖Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✖Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) is an AI based scaling technology. This allows the graphics card to render games at lower resolutions and upscale them to higher resolutions with near-native visual quality and improved performance. DLSS is only available in some games.

9. PassMark result (G3D)

Unknown. Help us offer a price. (Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050)

This test measures the graphics performance of a graphics card. Source: Pass Mark.

Ports

1.has HDMI output

✔Nvidia GeForce GTS 450

✔Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Devices with HDMI or mini HDMI ports can stream HD video and audio to an attached display.

2.HDMI connectors

More HDMI connectors allow you to connect multiple devices at the same time, such as game consoles and TVs.

HDMI version 3

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HDMI 2.0

New versions of HDMI support higher bandwidth, resulting in higher resolutions and frame rates.

4. DisplayPort outputs

Allows connection to a display using DisplayPort.

5.DVI outputs

Allows connection to a display using DVI.

6. Mini DisplayPort 9 outputs0005

Allows you to connect to a display using Mini DisplayPort.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 graphics card

Specifications
Drivers
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Name:	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Series:	GeForce 400
GPU architecture:	Fermi
GPU model:	GF106-250 (GF106)
CUDA cores:	192
Base clock :	783 MHz
Memory speed:	3. 6 Gbps
Memory:	1 Gb GDDR5 (128-bit)

The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 video card is based on a 40 nm process technology and is based on the GF106-250 (GF106) GPU.
The card supports Directx 12 API. NVIDIA placed 1024 megabytes of GDDR5 RAM, which is connected using a 128-bit interface.
The graphics processor operates at 783 MHz. The number of CUDA cores is 192, with a speed of 3600 Mbps.

The power consumption of the video card is 106W, and the recommended power supply is 400W.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 supports Microsoft DirectX 12 API and OpenGL 4.5.

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 specifications

GPU specifications:
Model:	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Series:	GeForce 400, Desktop
GPU model:	GF106-250 (GF106)
Architecture:	Fermi
Process:	40nm
CUDA cores:	192
Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs):	4
Texture Units (TMUs):	32
Base clock:	783MHz
Number of transistors:	1. 2 billion

Memory specifications:
Memory capacity:	1 Gb
Memory type:	GDDR5
Memory bus:	128-bit
Memory speed:	3600 Mbps (3.6 Gbps)
Memory clock:	900MHz
Texture Fill Rate:	25.1 GTexel/s

Display support:
Maximum digital resolution:	2560×1600
Maximum VGA resolution:	2048×1536
Standard connectors:	Two DVI-I DualLink, miniHDMI
Multi-monitor support:	Yes
HDMI:	Yes
Audio input for HDMI:	Internal

Thermal characteristics:
Max GPU temperature:	100℃
Energy consumption (TDP):	106 W
Recommended Nutritional Requirements:	400 W
Additional power connectors:	6-pin

Video card dimensions:
Height:	11. 1 cm
Length:	21 cm
Width:	2 slots

Technologies and capabilities:
CUDA:	Yes
SLI:	Yes, 2 way
PhysX:	Yes
Purevideo:	Yes
3D Vision:	Yes
3D games:	Yes
DSR:	Yes
DirectX:	12 API
OpenGL:	4.5
Tire:	PCI-Express 2.0 x16
Support OS:	Microsoft Windows 7-10, Linux, FreeBSDx86

Please note: The table shows the reference characteristics of the video card, they may vary by different manufacturers.

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Latest drivers for NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

Operating system:
Windows 10 64 -by

version:
391. 35 ^WHQL

9000 :
Obsolete

Operating system:
Windows 10 32-bit

version:
391.35 ^WHQL

Release date:
March 27, 2018

download [347.42 MB]

9000

Operating system:
Windows 8 32-bit, 8.1 32-bit, 7 32-bit

version:
391.35 ^WhQL

Date of Open:
27, 2018
9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 2 329.12 MB]

Status:
Obsolete

Operating system:
Windows 8 64-bit, 8.1 64-bit, 7 64-bit

version:
391.35 ^WHQL

Date of Output:
27 2018 9079 [403.45 MB]

Status:
Obsolete

Operating system:
Windows XP 32-bit

Version:
368. 81 ^WHQL

Release date:
July 14, 2016

Download [209.79 MB]

Status:
Obsolete

Operating system:
Windows XP 64-bit
Windows Server 2003 x64

version:
368.81 ^WhQL

9000 2 Outpices

Status:
Obsolete

Attention! Starting in April 2018, NVIDIA stopped supporting video cards based on the Fermi microarchitecture.
A complete list of NVIDIA GeForce video cards based on the Fermi architecture.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Which graphics card series is this?

Video card series: GeForce 400

What is the power consumption and power requirements?

The maximum power consumption is: 106 W.

Recommended power supply: 400W.