NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 Mac Edition videocard review

Quadro FX 4800 Mac Edition videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 11 November 2008. At the time of release, the videocard cost $1,799. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Tesla 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GT200B.

Core clock speed - 602 MHz. Texture fill rate - 38.5 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 192. Floating-point performance - 462.3 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 1,400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1536 MB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 76.8 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT200B
Launch date	11 November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,799
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	602 MHz
Floating-point performance	462.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm
Pipelines	192
Texture fill rate	38.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3