NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 videocard review

Quadro NVS 285 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 6 June 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $27.99. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed NV44 A2.

Core clock speed - 275 MHz. Texture fill rate - 1.1 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 110 nm. Transistors count - 75 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 18 Watt.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 8 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

127

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	127

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	NV44 A2
Launch date	6 June 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1218
Price now	$61.99
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt
Transistor count	75 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR