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DirectX 10 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 260 v4 graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 260 v4 in your PC? Its upgrade time for the GeForce GTX 260 v4, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 260 v4? A good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 260 v4 would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB which meets 716 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 416% better performance. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 260 v4 would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 8 which meets 0 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 76% better performance.

FPS System Benchmark

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The GeForce GTX 260 v4 was released on 08 Dec 2009

Nvidia PC game performance check GeForce GTX 260 v4

GPU

Architecture

Tesla G200-103-B2

Process

55nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

33 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

15 GPixel/s

Shader Processing Units
(CUDA Cores)

Ray Tracing

Tensor Cores

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 10

Shader

4.0

Open GL

2.1

Resolution (WxH)

2560 x 1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

1792MB

Memory Speed

1008MHz

Memory Bus

448bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

Memory Bandwidth

112.9GB/sec

L2 Cache

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

518 MHz

Power

Max Power

182 Watts

PSU

500 Watt & 37 Amps

Power Connector

2x 6-pin

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz

Best RAM Match

6 GB

Best Resolution

1600 x 900

GPU Upgrade

GD Official

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GeForce GTX 260 v4 Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
GeForce GTX 260 v4 is an OEM only, Performance Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the Tesla Architecture.

Architecture
Tesla was NVIDIA's First Unified Shader Architecture.

GPU
It equips a GPU Codenamed G200-103-B2 which has 8 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 192 Shader Processing Units, 64 TMUs and 28 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 518MHz.

Memory
The GPU accesses a 1792MB frame buffer of GDDR3, through a 448-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 1008MHz.

Features
DirectX 10.0 Support (10.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology, Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration, PhysX, CUDA, HybridPower and other technologies.

Cooling Solution
The Cooling Solution consists of a Single-Fan.

Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of 182W, it requires at least a 500W PSU and it requires at least two 6-pin available connectors.

Performance
Gaming benchmarks put its performance slightly below Radeon HD 4870, meaning it is considerably faster than GeForce GTS 250.

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