NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 videocard review

Quadro FX 580 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 9 April 2009. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G96C.

Core clock speed - 450 MHz. Texture fill rate - 7.2 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 32. Floating-point performance - 72 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 314 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 40 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 25.6 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

161

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

1687 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

1687.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	161
PassMark - G2D Mark	43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	1687 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	1687.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Tesla
Code name	G96C
Launch date	9 April 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1578
Price now	$59.46
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	5.88
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	72 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	7.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	314 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3