NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M videocard review

Quadro FX 550M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 13 March 2006. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G73.

Core clock speed - 480 MHz. Texture fill rate - 5.76 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 177 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 35 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 16 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G73
Launch date	13 March 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	480 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Texture fill rate	5.76 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	177 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3