NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 videocard review

Quadro FX 4500 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 28 July 2005. At the time of release, the videocard cost $2,499. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G70.

Core clock speed - 430 MHz. Texture fill rate - 10.32 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 302 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 109 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1050 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 33.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

227

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

120

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

855 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

855.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	227
PassMark - G2D Mark	120
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	855 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	855.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G70
Launch date	28 July 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499
Place in performance rating	1481
Price now	$249
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.08
Technical info
Core clock speed	430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	109 Watt
Transistor count	302 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	33.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3