PNY Quadro NVS 450 1GB GDDR3 workstation
Driving four independent 2560x1600 displays via DisplayPort from a single-slot card defines this Quadro NVS 450's purpose, leveraging 512MB of GDDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its low-profile, fanless design enables silent operation in dense multi-monitor financial or digital signage environments. This card is best for traders and network operations center staff who require expansive desktop real estate across legacy systems, not for any 3D or compute workloads.
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (94th percentile) 94th
Cons
- Below average ai (2nd percentile)
- Below average vram (2nd percentile)
- Below average rt (4th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (4th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Quadro NVS 450 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Class | workstation |
Memory
| VRAM | 512 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR3 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
Compute
| Base Clock | 480 |
| Boost Clock | 480 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 67 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express Gen 2 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 4 |
| HDMI | 0 |
| USB-C | 0 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 2560 x 1600 |
Physical
| Length | 279 |
| Weight | 0.6 kg / 1.3 lbs |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY Quadro NVS 450 | MSI SHADOW RTX 5060 8G SHADOW 2X OC | Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD (rev. 2.0) | ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-V2 | ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO | ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-B50500H-10M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Quadro NVS 450 | GeForce RTX 5060 | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 4060 | Radeon RX 7600 | GeForce RTX 5050 |
| Vram | 1GB GDDR3 | 8GB GDDR7 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 480 | 2527 | 1815 | 2535 | 2695 | 2602 |
| Tdp W | - | 145 | 220 | 115 | 165 | 130 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 128 | 256 | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| Ray Tracing | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | workstation | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Feature | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY Quadro NVS 450 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 4.3 | 49.2 | 58.5 | 93.5 |
| MSI SHADOW RTX 5060 8G SHADOW 2X OC Compare | 40.2 | 58.7 | 47.6 | 51.1 | 72.1 | 55.9 | 71.7 | 95.1 | 94 | 95.5 | 65.7 |
| Gigabyte Gaming OC GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD (rev. 2.0) Compare | 37.2 | 67.8 | 38.8 | 56.8 | 78.7 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 62.2 | 52 | 95.5 | 42.8 |
| ASUS Dual DUAL-RTX4060-O8G-V2 Compare | 32.6 | 45.1 | 32.7 | 43.6 | 89.6 | 55.9 | 85.8 | 97.4 | 70.1 | 88.8 | 72.4 |
| ASRock Challenger RX7600 CL 8GO Compare | 46.4 | 39.9 | 35 | 36.6 | 58.3 | 55.9 | 57.6 | 60.8 | 70.1 | 88.8 | 76.6 |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-B50500H-10M Compare | 29.9 | 42.8 | 35.9 | 39 | 89.6 | 43.3 | 0 | 88 | 94 | 43.4 | 77.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Jun 7, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall14.3
- AI/LLM6.3
- Budget44.6
- Gaming 4k4.3
- Ray Tracing4.1
- Workstation21.1
- Gaming 1080p7.8
- Gaming 1440p5.9
- Content Creation16.5
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