NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 and NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 180 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 460 MHz
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 January 2003 vs 14 August 2000
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18 vs 6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 146

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	147 vs 146

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

147

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
PassMark - G2D Mark	146	147
PassMark - G3D Mark	18	6

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Celsius
Code name	NV30	NV15 A4
Launch date	21 January 2003	14 August 2000
Place in performance rating	1130	1133
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	125 million	25 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 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
Length		183 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0a	7.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR