NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL and NVIDIA GeForce FX 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL

220x more texture fill rate: 704 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	704 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

2.3x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 176 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 200 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 176 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Name	NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark		35
PassMark - G2D Mark		188

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro4 700 Go GL	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Kelvin	Rankine
Code name	NV28 A1	NV35
Launch date	5 June 2003	12 May 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	935
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Core clock speed	176 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	704 MTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 8x
Length		218 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0a
OpenGL	1.3	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	SDR	DDR