NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 42 Watt vs 143 Watt
  • Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 320 MB
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 31
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 September 2007 vs 12 February 2007
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 42 Watt vs 143 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 320 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 vs 31

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 513 MHz vs 460 MHz
  • Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 12.31 GTexel / s vs 7.36 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 96 vs 32
  • 3.9x better floating-point performance: 228.1 gflops vs 58.88 gflops
  • Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1584 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 413 vs 181
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 513 MHz vs 460 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.31 GTexel / s vs 7.36 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 32
Floating-point performance 228.1 gflops vs 58.88 gflops
Memory clock speed 1584 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 413 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
181
413
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
35
31
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark 181 413
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1252
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1252

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G84 G80
Launch date 12 September 2007 12 February 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $269
Place in performance rating 1634 1635
Price now $89.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 2.77

Technical info

Core clock speed 460 MHz 513 MHz
Floating-point performance 58.88 gflops 228.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 32 96
Texture fill rate 7.36 GTexel / s 12.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 42 Watt 143 Watt
Transistor count 289 million 681 million

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
Length 168 mm 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 320 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s 63.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 320 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1584 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3