Riva 128 PCI: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started Riva 128 PCI sales 1 April 1997. This is desktop card based on 350 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 4 MB of SDR memory clocked at 0.1 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 1.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCI interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 4 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Riva 128 PCI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
GPU code name | NV3 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 1 April 1997 (27 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Riva 128 PCI's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Riva 128 PCI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Core clock speed | 100 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 4 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 350 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 4 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 0.1 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Riva 128 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 | |
Width | 1-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Riva 128 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 | SDR | |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 100 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 1.6 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Riva 128 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 VGA, 1x DB13W3 |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Riva 128 PCI, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 5.0 | |
OpenGL | 1.0 | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
OpenCL | N/A | |
Vulkan | N/A |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Riva 128 PCI according to our statistics.