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.
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 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 | NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 146 | 147 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 18 | 6 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 | NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | Celsius |
Code name | NV30 | NV15 A4 |
Launch date | 21 January 2003 | 14 August 2000 |
Place in performance rating | 1119 | 1122 |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
Length | 183 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 7.0 |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 1.2 |
Memory |
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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 |