NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

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
38582
69
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
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 962
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