NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual and NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
9.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 128 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 128 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 540

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
PassMark - G3D Mark		81
PassMark - G2D Mark		294

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Dual	NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV43 A2	NV43 A2
Launch date	12 August 2004	9 August 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	550
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.71
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 3.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	146 million	146 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 16 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3