NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 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 3400

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual

4.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 256 MB vs 256 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 5.6 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 256 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Dual
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV45	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	350 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s	2x 5.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	101 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	222 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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	2x 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3