NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 vs ATI FireGL T2-128

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 and ATI FireGL T2-128 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 Quadro FX 1100

ATI FireGL T2-128

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 398 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 594 MHz
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36 vs 31

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2004 vs 1 October 2003
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 398 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	650 MHz vs 594 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	36 vs 31

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
GPU 2: ATI FireGL T2-128

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

178

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100	ATI FireGL T2-128
PassMark - G3D Mark	36	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	178	178

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100	ATI FireGL T2-128
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 8
Code name	NV36 A1	RV350
Launch date	1 April 2004	1 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$169.75
Place in performance rating	969	970
Price now	$101.25
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.44
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	398 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	82 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s	10.24 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	594 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR