NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 261 vs 258

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 October 2003 vs 17 March 2003
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	261 vs 258

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 500 MHz
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34 vs 8

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	34 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

261

258

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G2D Mark	261	258
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	34

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV34 B1	NV35
Launch date	28 October 2003	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	697	698
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Transistor count	45 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR