NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 videocard review

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

38718

114

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1306

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	442
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