NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450 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 7800 GT Dual

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual

5.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 256 MB

Texture fill rate	2x 8 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
PassMark - G3D Mark		149
PassMark - G2D Mark		235

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Dual	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	G70	NV41
Launch date	11 August 2005	28 July 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	724
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$135.75
Price now		$138.75
Value for money (0-100)		1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 8 GTexel / s billion / sec	5.1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	302 million	222 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		83 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 32.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3