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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320

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 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 36 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	36 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
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 417 vs 171

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	417 vs 171

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

171

417

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320
PassMark - G3D Mark	171	417
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	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	1635	1636
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