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.
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 42 | 33 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 127 | 129 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285 | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 ZT | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 1218 | 1220 |
Price now | $61.99 | |
Type | Workstation | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 0.72 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DMS-59 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
Length | 168 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x Molex |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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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 |