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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTS 450
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NVIDIA logo GeForce GTX 260

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 logo
General information GeForce GTS 450 GeForce GTX 260
Launched Q3 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory NVIDIA NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 1024 MB 0 % 896 MB 12.5 %
Core Clock 783 MHz 0 % 576 MHz 26.4 %
Effective Clock 4000 MHz 0 % 2500 MHz 37.5 %
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 106 W 47.5 % 202 W 0 %
Cooling Fans 2 0 % 1 50 %
Case Slots 2 0 % 2 0 %
SLI 2-way 33.3 % 3-way 0 %
Performance GeForce GTS 450 GeForce GTX 260
Overall Score 18488 0 % 17790 3.8 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3418 0 % 3165 7.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 300.6 0 % 58.5 80.5 %
Average DirectX performance 12.5 FPS 0 % 8.2 FPS 34.2 %
DirectX 9 performance 29.9 FPS 0 % 25.8 FPS 13.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 4 FPS 43.4 % 7 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 11 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 5 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 608.7 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GTX 260.

Average frames per second GeForce GTS 450 GeForce GTX 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 31.2 FPS 29.5 FPS
High settings 56.1 FPS 53.1 FPS
Medium settings 67.4 FPS 63.8 FPS
Low settings 94.3 FPS 89.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.4 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GTX 260.

Grand Theft Auto V GeForce GTS 450 GeForce GTX 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 29.4 FPS 28.3 FPS
High settings 53.0 FPS 50.9 FPS
Medium settings 63.6 FPS 61.1 FPS
Low settings 89.0 FPS 85.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %
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