NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 SDI videocard review

Quadro FX 4500 SDI videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 30 January 2006. 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) - 116 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.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G70
Launch date	30 January 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	430 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm
Texture fill rate	10.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	116 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