NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Quadro FX 560 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 20 April 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $299. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G73.

Core clock speed - 350 MHz. Texture fill rate - 4.2 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 177 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 30 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 19.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38572
114
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
360
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 114
PassMark - G2D Mark 360

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Curie
Code name G73
Launch date 20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP) $299
Place in performance rating 447
Price now $150.25
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 0.98

Technical info

Core clock speed 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm
Texture fill rate 4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt
Transistor count 177 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 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3