10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

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

How many years will the GeForce GTX 260 graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 260 in your PC? This GeForce GTX 260 graphics card has reached the end of its ability to run games released today. If you have it in your gaming PC then it’s time to upgrade your graphics solution.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 260? Are you looking to upgrade a GeForce GTX 260? Then we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, as it can run 716 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 379% increased graphics performance. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 8. This PC hardware upgrade performs 63% better and can run 0 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.

FPS System Benchmark

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The GeForce GTX 260 was released on 16 Jun 2008

Nvidia PC game performance check GeForce GTX 260

GPU

Architecture

Tesla G200-100-A2

Process

65nm

TMUs

Texture Rate

37 GTexel/s

ROPs

Pixel Rate

16 GPixel/s

Shader Processing Units
(CUDA Cores)

Ray Tracing

Tensor Cores

Release Price

$449

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 10

Shader

4.0

Open GL

2.1

Resolution (WxH)

2560 x 1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

896MB

Memory Speed

999MHz

Memory Bus

448bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

Memory Bandwidth

111.9GB/sec

L2 Cache

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

576 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 Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
GeForce GTX 260 is a 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 G200-100-A2 which has 8 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 192 Shader Processing Units, 64 TMUs and 28 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 576MHz.

Memory
The GPU accesses a 896MB frame buffer of GDDR3, through a 448-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 999MHz.

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 around of a Radeon HD 4870, meaning it is much faster than GeForce GTS 250.

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