NVIDIA GeForce 210 graphics card

The discrete graphics accelerator of the budget class with very modest characteristics and very affordable price is the NVidia GeForce 210. The characteristics of this product are now obsolete completely and it is only suitable for the solution of the most simple tasks: viewing video and pictures, web surfing And work in office applications. Well, "Photoshop" or demanding toys on it certainly will not even get started. It is this graphical solution that will be discussed in detail later.

Task list

In 2009, the accelerator NVidia GeForce 210 was introduced . His characteristics were very modest and allowed to solve only simple tasks. Most often, such accelerators could be found in multimedia entry-level stations. Now, this niche is completely fixed for integrated video cards, which currently have a comparable level of performance, or even higher.

Also they have one more important advantage over discrete entry-level adapters: they are included by default in the computer system and they do not need to be purchased additionally. Therefore, the video card, considered in this material, can at the moment only be considered as an inexpensive remake in the event of a breakdown of the video subsystem used.

Technical specifications

The 40 nm technology produced a silicon crystal NVidia GeForce 210. Its characteristics indicate the presence of 260 million units. The operating frequency of the core is fixed at 589 MHz. The total number of CUDA shader processing units is 16, and their frequency is 1402 MHz. Each conveyor has 8 TMU modules. But the ROP blocks in this case only 4. At the software level there is support for Direct X version 10.1. The adapter itself is designed for installation in the slot of the PCI-E 16X motherboard in version 2.0.

RAM and its controller. Specifications

Only DDR2 chips can be used with the graphics chip that underlies this graphics adapter. In turn, the amount of RAM can be equal to either 512 MB or 1 GB. The bus of this volatile memory has a bit capacity of 64 bits. And the frequency of the RAM chips in this case is 1000 MHz.

Thermal characteristics

The highest permissible temperature is set at 105 ⁰ C For NVidia GeForce GT 210. The characteristics of its semiconductor crystal indicate that its thermal package is at the level of 30.5 watts. With such parameters, this accelerator can completely dispense with a passive cooling system. But some video card manufacturers go further and equip the GT 210 with active cooling. In the first case, the noise level of the PC is lower, and in the second case, there is a possibility of more overclocking of the video subsystem. The minimum value for the power of the computer power supply system (that is, the power supply unit) in this case is set to a value of 300 W.

Competing products

Adapters of HD Graphics lines on Intel processors and Radeon R5-Radeon R7 on hybrid AMD chips are direct competitors of NVidia GeForce 210. The technical characteristics of these products are very similar, but the inclusion of a video card in the CPU allows integrated solutions to prevail over discrete Accelerators of entry level because they do not need to be paid extra. Therefore, purely from an economic point of view, the hero of this review loses both HD Graphics and Radeon R5 - Radeon R7. To justify the use of such a discrete graphics subsystem within a multimedia station, it is possible only if the integrated graphics card does not work for some reason.

The cost for today. Reviews

At 1500-1800 rubles to date, NVidia GeForce 210 is rated. Specifications, reviews additionally indicate that their requests are very modest and it is completely unreasonable to purchase such a product at a higher cost. Both specialists and owners alike highlight the excellent energy efficiency of such a graphics card, as well as the low noise level during its operation. But the minimum speed is its main drawback and leaves no chance in comparison with integrated graphics solutions.

Results

The NVidia GeForce 210 is an absolutely irrelevant graphic product to date. Its characteristics are comparable with integrated video adapters. But with a direct comparison, the hero of this review is much inferior to its competitors. Therefore, it is possible to consider its purchase only in the event of a breakdown of the existing video subsystem.