NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 460 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 160 vs 31
19.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1252 vs 64
19.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1252 vs 64

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 September 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	460 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	160 vs 31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1252 vs 64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1252 vs 64

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 36

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	83 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1252

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1252

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
PassMark - G3D Mark	160	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	83
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1252	64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1252	64

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G84	C68
Launch date	12 September 2007	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$699
Place in performance rating	1630	1632
Price now	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.77
Technical info
Core clock speed	460 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	58.88 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	7.36 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	42 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2