NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500

Quadro FX 3500 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 22 May 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $1,599. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G71.

Core clock speed - 450 MHz. Texture fill rate - 9 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 80 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1320 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 42.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38566
260
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
81
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
882 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
882.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 260
PassMark - G2D Mark 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 882 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 882.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name G71
Launch date 22 May 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $1,599
Place in performance rating 1558
Price now $129.98
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 2.07

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm
Texture fill rate 9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 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 42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1320 MHz
Memory type GDDR3