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PNY VERTO GeForce GT 240 Video Card Review
| Manufacturer: | PNY |
| Product: | VCGGT2405G5XPB |
| Date: | Wed, Jan 27, 2010 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Austin Hamann - |
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The Test System
All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit with all the latest updates installed. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running, aside from the newest version of Game Booster to cut back on the needless processes that Windows 7 provides for regular end-users. SUPER * TALENT ProjectX DDR3 Memory Modules were run at 1066MHz in dual channel mode with pretty loose timings of 9-9-9-24. The NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards were benchmarked with Forceware 195.62 drivers; the ATI Radeon HD graphics cards were tested with 9.12 CATALYST drivers. The Intel DX38BT was run using the latest BIOS version 1023.1057 from late October of 2009, with the Processor running at stock settings.
Intel Test Platform |
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| Component | Brand/Model | Live Pricing |
| Processor | Intel Core2Duo E7200 |
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| Motherboard | Intel DX38BT 'Bone Trail' |
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| Memory | 2GB SUPER TALENT ProjectX DDR3 |
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| Video Card |
See Below |
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| Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor 74GB |
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| Cooling | MASSCOOL 8WA741 92mm Tower | Click Here |
| Power Supply |
Corsair TX750W |
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| Operating System |
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit |
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| Chassis | Thermaltake Element T |
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Cards Tested:
- Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB GDDR4 - 750/2200 MHz
- ASUS GeForce EN9600 GSO 384MB GDDR3 - 600/1800/1700 MHz
- AXLE 3D GeForce GT 240 512MB GDDR5 - 550/1700/1340 MHz
- PNY VERTO GeForce GT 240 512MB GDDR5 - 550/1700/1340 MHz
- ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GT 512MB GDDR3 - 550/1800/1375 MHz
- BIOSTAR GeForce GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 - 740/2200/1836 MHz
From looking at the main GPUz screen, you can see that the PNY VERTO GeForce GT 240 is simply a reference card: same clocks, bandwidth, bus width, pixel and texture fillrates -- identical.
On the Sensors tab of GPUz, you can see the card throttles its clocks significantly to help with power consumption as well as temperatures. Most cards from the G92 era do not offer that feature, but G92 cards purchased recently likely will. Both the 9800 GT and GTS 250 used in this review are 65nm and offer that feature because I picked them up in Q4 '09, but the G92 9600 GSO I have does not throttle and is less than a year older. Aside from the clocks, you can also see that the fan defaults to 35% speed at idle. As I used the card it automatically sped up based on temperature, but the highest I saw the fan go on its own was about 45% in Furmark.
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| Review Index |
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Page 1 - The PNY GeForce GT 240
Page 2 - Retail Box & Bundle Page 3 - The Test System Page 4 - Race Driver: GRiD Page 5 - Shattered Horizon Page 6 - Crysis: Warhead Page 7 - Colin McRae's DiRT 2 Page 8 - Furmark v1.7.0 Page 9 - 3DMark Vantage Page 10 - Temperature Testing and Power Consumption Page 11 - PNY VERTO GT 240 Overclocking Page 12 - Folding @ Home Page 13 - Final Thoughts & Conclusions |
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