NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 videocard review

Quadro FX 1500 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 20 April 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $699. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G71.

Core clock speed - 325 MHz. Texture fill rate - 6.5 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 65 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1250 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 40.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

170

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

486 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

486.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	170
PassMark - G2D Mark	74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	486 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	486.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G71
Launch date	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	1615
Price now	$109.99
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.84
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Texture fill rate	6.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt
Transistor count	278 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	173 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3