NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 videocard review

Quadro FX 3000 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 22 July 2003. At the time of release, the videocard cost $203. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Rankine microarchitecture codenamed NV35.

Core clock speed - 400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 3.2 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 135 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 850 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 27.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38287

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1401

178

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	178

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rankine
Code name	NV35
Launch date	22 July 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$203
Place in performance rating	1000
Price now	$166.60
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	135 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz
Memory type	DDR