NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 videocard review

Quadro FX 550 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 20 April 2006. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV43 A2.

Core clock speed - 360 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2.88 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 146 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 30 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 12.8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38583

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

325

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	64
PassMark - G2D Mark	325

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV43 A2
Launch date	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	502
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	360 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Transistor count	146 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 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	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3