NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 videocard review

Quadro FX 4500 X2 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 24 April 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $2,799. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G71.

Core clock speed - 500 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 145 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 512 MB. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1210 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 38.7 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1401

653

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38287

236

Name	Value
PassMark - G2D Mark	653
PassMark - G3D Mark	236

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G71
Launch date	24 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,799
Place in performance rating	230
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt
Transistor count	278 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1210 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3