NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 videocard review

Quadro FX 500 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 21 May 2003. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Rankine microarchitecture codenamed NV34 A1.

Core clock speed - 270 MHz. Texture fill rate - 1.08 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 45 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 480 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 7.68 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rankine
Code name	NV34 A1
Launch date	21 May 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	7.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	480 MHz
Memory type	DDR