NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 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.

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 46 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 42 vs 34
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 127 vs 126

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2006 vs 23 October 2003
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 46 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	42 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	127 vs 126

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

Around 73% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.9 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

126

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	42	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	126

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV44 A2	NV36 A1
Launch date	6 June 2006	23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$27.99	$199
Place in performance rating	1227	1230
Price now	$61.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	46 Watt
Transistor count	75 million	82 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	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR2