NVIDIA started Quadro NVS 280 PCI sales 28 October 2003. This is a Rankine architecture desktop card based on 150 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 64 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.25 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via PCI interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 168 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 13 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro NVS 280 PCI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	1489
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.11	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name	NV34 B1
Market segment	Workstation
Release date	28 October 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Quadro NVS 280 PCI's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro NVS 280 PCI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Core clock speed	275 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors	45 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	1.100	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
ROPs	2	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	4	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro NVS 280 PCI and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCI
Length	168 mm
Width	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro NVS 280 PCI: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	250 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro NVS 280 PCI. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

1x DMS-59

API compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro NVS 280 PCI, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	N/A
Vulkan	N/A

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro NVS 280 PCI. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

NVS 280 PCI 0.02

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

NVS 280 PCI 8

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro NVS 280 PCI is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.