NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
  • 3.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 81 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 81 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • 2.4x more memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 450 MHz
Core clock speed 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1100 MHz vs 450 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Name NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark 139
PassMark - G2D Mark 153

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Essentials

Architecture Curie Curie
Code name NV43 A4 NV40 A1
Launch date 9 August 2004 26 July 2004
Place in performance rating not rated 1070
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499

Technical info

Core clock speed 300 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 2.4 GTexel / s 6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 81 Watt
Transistor count 146 million 222 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-II PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 197 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 7.2 GB / s 35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 450 MHz 1100 MHz
Memory type DDR GDDR3

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