NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 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 7600 GS AGP

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP

Around 45% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 275 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 27 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 27 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
PassMark - G3D Mark		42
PassMark - G2D Mark		127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS AGP	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G73	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 July 2006	6 June 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	1220
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$27.99
Price now		$61.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	23.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR