Description:
The Quadro FX 3500 was a professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on May 22nd, 2006. Built on the 90 nm process, and based on the G71 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 9.0c. Since Quadro FX 3500 does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The G71 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 196 mm² and 278 million transistors. It features 20 pixel shaders and 7 vertex shaders, 20 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). NVIDIA has paired 256 MB GDDR3 memory with the Quadro FX 3500, which is connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 450 MHz, memory is running at 660 MHz (1320 Mbps effective).
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 80 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x S-Video. Quadro FX 3500 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface. The card a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 1,599 US Dollars.
Graphics Processor
GPU Name
G71
Architecture
Curie
Foundry
TSMC
Process Type
CLN90G CMOS
Process Size
90 nm
Transistors
278 million
Density
1.4M / mm²
Die Size
196 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-1148
Graphics Card
Release Date
May 22nd, 2006
Generation
Quadro FX Curie
(x500)
Predecessor
Quadro FX Rankine
Successor
Quadro FX Tesla
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
1,599 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
Graphics Features
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL
2.1.2 (full)
3.x (partial)
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
3.0
Clock Speeds
GPU Clock
450 MHz
Memory Clock
660 MHz
1320 Mbps effective
Render Config
Pixel Shaders
20
Vertex Shaders
7
TMUs
20
ROPs
16
Memory
Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
256 bit
Bandwidth
42.24 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
7.200 GPixel/s
Vertex Rate
787.5 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
9.000 GTexel/s
Board Design
Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
173 mm
6.8 inches
Height
111 mm
4.4 inches
TDP
80 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
Outputs
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
Board Number
Q455 SKU 500
