NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 videocard review

Quadro FX 540 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 9 August 2004. At the time of release, the videocard cost $299. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV43 A2.

Core clock speed - 300 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2.4 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 146 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 25 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

294

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	294

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV43 A2
Launch date	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	550
Price now	$59.99
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	146 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3