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Product
Quadro NVS 290
Quadro NVS 295
Quadro NVS 420
Quadro NVS 450
Bus Interface
PCI Express x16 PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16 PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16 PCI Express x1
PCI Express x16
Memory Size
256MB DDR2
256MB GDDR3
512MB GDDR32
512MB GDDR32
Memory Interface
64-bit
64-bit
128-bit (64bit/gpu)
128-bit (64bit/gpu)
Memory Bandwidth
6.4 GB/s
11.2 GB/s
11.2 GB/s per gpu
11.2 GB/s per gpu
Form Factor
SFF1
SFF1
SFF1
ATX Full Height, 1/2 length
CUDA Processor Cores
16
8
16
16
Display Connectors
DMS-59 (1)
DisplayPort (2)
VHDCI (1)
DisplayPort (4)
Max. Displays per Board
2
2
4
4
Max Digital Display Support
1920x1200
2560 x 1600
2560 x 1600
2560 x 1600
Max Analog Display Support
2048x1536
N/A
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
DirectX
10.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
4.0
4.0
CUDA enabled
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Power & Cooling
21W - Passive
23W - Passive
40W - Active6
35W - Passive
nView Enabled
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
DisplayPort Links
N/A
2
43
4
DVI Links
2
25
44
45
Analog Displays VGA
2
N/A
N/A
N/A
1 SFF= Small Form Factor (low profile card) 2 512MB of local frame buffer (256MB GDDR3 memory per GPU) 3 Through VHDCI to Quad DisplayPort dongle 4 Through VHDCI to Quad DVI-D (Single Link) dongle 5 Through DisplayPort to DVI-D (Single Link) industry standard cables 6 High reliability, variable speed fansink
