NVIDIA Quadro CX videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro CX

Quadro CX videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 11 November 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $1,999. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Tesla 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GT200B.

Core clock speed - 602 MHz. Texture fill rate - 38.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 192. Floating-point performance - 462.3 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 1,400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1536 MB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 76.8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38529
947
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
454
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 947
PassMark - G2D Mark 454

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0
Code name GT200B
Launch date 11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $1,999
Place in performance rating 318
Price now $149.95
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 8.20

Technical info

Core clock speed 602 MHz
Floating-point performance 462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm
Pipelines 192
Texture fill rate 38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3