NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition videocard review

Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 27 September 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $699. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G84.

Core clock speed - 520 MHz. Texture fill rate - 8.32 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 66.56 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 289 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 42 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1300 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 20.8 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G84
Launch date	27 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz
Floating-point performance	66.56 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt
Transistor count	289 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	20.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1300 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3