NVIDIA Quadro FX 330 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 330 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 330

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

Around 40% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 250 MHz
25.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 64 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 330	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Curie
Code name	NV37	NV40 A1
Launch date	28 June 2004	8 June 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt
Transistor count	45 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0c
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	2x 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3