InnoVISION Inno3D GeForce GT 240 Video Card Review

Videocards/VGA Reviews by stefan @ 2010-04-09

The GeForce GT 240 I have tested and reviewed in this article is made by InnoVISION and it sports one of the latest GPUs from Nvidia which supports some interesting technologies like Purevideo, CUDA and PhysX and it is made on the newer 40nm technology.

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Packaging

Packaging

The video card from InnoVISION comes in a nice colored box, with a fighter drawn on the frontal part; here we can also see that the product is guaranteed to be fully compatible with Windows 7, we can see the product name, video ram quantity, its connectors, its interface, the code name of the product and the GeForce with CUDA benefits :


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On the back, we can see a product description in different languages and 3 different photos like describe, like on the GeForce 210 box, that the video card is good for gaming, video playback and supports fully the Windows 7 Aero experience :


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If we get the external box out, we can find another protective one inside :


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Inside the second box I could find only the video card, packed in a protective plastic anti-static bag, without any bulk; the retail cards contain the bulk which is composed from the user manual, installation CD and so on :


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The GT240 PCB is very clean, it’s not crowded at all and there are no extra power connectors. The GPU cooler is large and it cools all its surroundings; the fan blades color is in complete contrast with the heatsink and on top of the fan we can find the shiny Inno3D logo :


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The fan connector has 2 wires and is placed right under the heatsink :


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The video ram is cooled optimally by the GPU fan, is made by Samsung and does not have extra heatsinks on it :


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On the back of the video card, there are no memory chips present, but we can see some stickers with the Inno3D logo, the video card code name, its connectors name and a warranty sticker; a nVidia logo is printed on the back of the video card PCB :


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Each screw that fixes the GPU heatsink has a washer, to avoid scratching the PCB and a little spring :


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The output connectors of this video card are the following : HDMI, D-SUB and DVI :


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