NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 512MB

Examination:

The other Quadro FX models accompany the FX1700 as a mid-range professional graphics solution is the FX1500 and FX3450. Total there are currently 16 parts amongst NVIDIA's entry, mid-range, high-end, ultra high-end, and specialty Quadro graphics cards. Both the Quadro FX1500 and FX3450 only have 256MB of video RAM, compared to the 512MB found on this graphics card. While the vRAM is halved, their memory interface is doubled to 256-bit, which provides much more memory bandwidth. The FX1700 is the only Quadro mid-range component right now that supports OpenGL 2.1 (and DirectX 10). The NVIDIA GPU core used by the Quadro FX1700 is the G84GL, which is derived from the G84 that is used on the consumer GeForce 8600GT and 8600GTS graphics cards.

The heatsink found on the NVIDIA Quadro FX1700 is rather small and only dissipates heat from the GPU die, but is sized appropriately seeing as this PCI-E graphics card has a maximum power consumption of 42 Watts. During operation, this single-slot solution was near silent and we had run into no thermal issues. The 512MB of 128-bit GDDR2 video memory is made up of Hynix HY5PS121621C ICs. No external PCI Express power source is required for the FX1700.