NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT 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 5900 ZT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 42 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 June 2006 vs 12 May 2003
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	42 vs 33

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 1.3 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	129 vs 127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

129

Name	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
PassMark - G3D Mark	42	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	129

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV44 A2	NV35
Launch date	6 June 2006	12 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$27.99
Place in performance rating	1220	1222
Price now	$61.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt
Transistor count	75 million	135 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
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	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR