NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL 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 4000 SDI

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI

Around 21% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 350 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 350 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL

Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt

Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT DDL
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV41	NV40 A1
Launch date	19 April 2004	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,999	$499
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	5.1 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	222 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP Pro 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
Length		305 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3