NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	1 April 2004 vs 22 July 2003
Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Around 31% higher memory clock speed: 850 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 69 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	850 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	69 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

178

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark	36	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	178	178

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV36 A1	NV35
Launch date	1 April 2004	22 July 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$169.75	$203
Place in performance rating	998	1000
Price now	$101.25	$166.60
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.44	0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	82 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR