NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 and NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS 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.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 43 vs 23

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2006 vs 18 January 2006
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	43 vs 23

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Around 64% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 668 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 98 vs 97

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Memory clock speed	668 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	98 vs 97

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	43	23
PassMark - G2D Mark	97	98

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Curie
Code name	NV44 A2	G72
Launch date	6 June 2006	18 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1375	1376
Price now	$61.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt
Transistor count	75 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	5.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	668 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR2