NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 videocard review

Quadro FX 5600 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 5 March 2007. At the time of release, the videocard cost $2,999. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G80.

Core clock speed - 600 MHz. Texture fill rate - 19.2 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 128. Floating-point performance - 345.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 681 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 171 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1536 MB. Memory bus width - 384 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 76.8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38695

525

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

109

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3328 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3328.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	525
PassMark - G2D Mark	109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3328 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3328.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G80
Launch date	5 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999
Place in performance rating	1243
Price now	$179.99
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	4.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	171 Watt
Transistor count	681 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3