Product comparison · 2 gpus

MSI N260GTX Lightning Black Edition vs MSI R3450-TD512 GDDR2

15specifications compared
8differ
7identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

Stream processors
- N260GTX Lightning Black Edition:216
- R3450-TD512 GDDR2:40
Graphics card memory type
- N260GTX Lightning Black Edition:GDDR3
- R3450-TD512 GDDR2:GDDR2
Memory bus
- N260GTX Lightning Black Edition:448 bit
- R3450-TD512 GDDR2:64 bit
Memory clock speed
- N260GTX Lightning Black Edition:2100 MHz
- R3450-TD512 GDDR2:800 MHz
DirectX version
- N260GTX Lightning Black Edition:10
- R3450-TD512 GDDR2:10.1
Shader model version
- N260GTX Lightning Black Edition:4.0
- R3450-TD512 GDDR2:4.1
OpenGL version
- N260GTX Lightning Black Edition:2.1
- R3450-TD512 GDDR2:2.0
Cooling type
- N260GTX Lightning Black Edition:Active
- R3450-TD512 GDDR2:Passive

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Comparison of N260GTX Lightning Black Edition, R3450-TD512
30 specifications	A MSI N260GTX Lightning Black Edition View product	B MSI R3450-TD512 GDDR2 Model R3450-TD512 View product
Processor1 differ
Graphics processorKnown for one	GeForce GTX 260	Unknown — not stated by the source
CUDAKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyKnown for one	680 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Shader clockKnown for one	1458 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Stream processorsDiffers	216	40
Memory3 differ
Discrete graphics card memoryKnown for one	1.75 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics card memory typeDiffers	GDDR3	GDDR2
Memory busDiffers	448 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speedDiffers	2100 MHz	800 MHz
Ports & interfacesidentical
DVI ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Performance3 differ
PhysXKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
DirectX versionDiffers	10	10.1
Shader model versionDiffers	4.0	4.1
OpenGL versionDiffers	2.1	2.0
HDCPKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Full HDKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Video formats supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DivX, VC-1, WMV9
Design1 differ
Cooling typeDiffers	Active	Passive
Bracket heightKnown for one	Full-Height (FH)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Form factorKnown for one	Full-Height/Full-Length (FH/FL)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	- MSI VGA Driver - MSI Live Update Series (Live VGA BIOS & Live VGA Driver) - MSI GoodMem - MSI LockBox - MSI WMIinfo - MSI VIVID - MSI Live - MSI Secure DOC - MSI Live - E-Color - MediaRing - ShowShift - ThinSoft Be Twin - Adobe Acrobat Reader - Microsoft DirectX

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