NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 vs ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 and ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 700
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 150 nm |
Maximum memory size | 128 MB vs 64 MB |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 700 | ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | Rage 7 |
Code name | NV35 | RV250 |
Launch date | 17 March 2004 | 14 March 2004 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 275 MHz | 275 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1.1 GTexel / s | 1.1 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 135 million | 36 million |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 28 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA | 2x DVI |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 8.1 |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 1.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 8.8 GB / s | 8.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 550 MHz | 550 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |