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NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

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This is a professional video card for notebooks from NVidia It is based on 7900GTX.

The application performance is very good due to special professional drivers (3D rendering, CAD), but the gaming performance is weaker. With modded drivers, it should work like a 7900 GTX.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M

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The Nvidia Quadro FX 1700M is a professional graphics adapter for CAD and 3D applications. It is based on the G96 core (GeForce 9650M e.g.) but with different drivers, that are optimized for OpenGL and professional applications. The drivers are zertified to work flawlessly with different applications.

Compared to the Quadro FX 1600M, the FX 1700M GPU supports Powermizer 8.0.

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
Quadro FX Series
Quadro FX 3800M compare 128 @ 0.68 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M compare 128 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M compare 96 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M compare 96 @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M compare 72 @ 0.56 GHz128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M compare 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M compare 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M compare 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M compare 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M compare 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M compare 32 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M compare 32 @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M compare 16 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M compare 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M compare 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 350 MHz
Quadro FX 3800M compare 128 @ 0.68 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3700M compare 128 @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 2800M compare 96 @ 0.6 GHz256 Bit @ 1000 MHz
Quadro FX 3600M compare 96 @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1800M compare 72 @ 0.56 GHz128 Bit @ 1100 MHz
Quadro FX 2700M compare 48 @ 0.53 GHz256 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 880M compare 48 @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Quadro FX 3500M compare 24/8 cores @ 0.58 GHz256 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 2500M 24/8 cores @ 0.5 GHz256 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 1700M 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1600M compare 32 @ 0.63 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 1500M compare 20/7 cores @ 0.38 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Quadro FX 770M compare 32 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 570M compare 32 @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 380M compare 16 @ 0.63 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
Quadro FX 370M compare 8 @ 0.58 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Quadro FX 360M compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
Quadro FX 350M compare 4/3 cores @ 0.45 GHz64 Bit @ 350 MHz
CodenameG71glmNB9P-GLM
ArchitectureG7xG9x
Pipelines24 / 8 Pixel- / Vertexshader32 - unified
Core Speed500 MHz625 MHz
Memory Speed600 MHz800 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB256 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consumption45 Watt50 Watt
Transistors278 Million289 Million
technology90 nm65 nm
Features90nmOpenGL 2.1, PureVideo HD, Powermizer 8.0, possible interfaces: LVDS, DVI, VGA, HDTV, HDCP, HDMI
Notebook Sizelargelarge
Date of Announcement29.09.2005 01.10.2008
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.com
Shader Speed1250 MHz
InformationCG shading language, 32 Bit floating point precision, 12 Bit subpixel precision, 128 Bit precision of the graphics pipeline, FSAA with rotated raster, nView Mutlidisplay Support, High-Precision-Dynamic-Range (HPDR), Hardware 3D Clipping on window recognision, full screen AA

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
27600 Points (29%)
35734 Points (37%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 18100     avg: 18342     median: 18341.5 (10%)     max: 18583 Points
18212 Points (10%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 8400     avg: 8450     median: 8450 (9%)     max: 8500 Points
11550 Points (13%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
3DMark 06
min: 4690     avg: 4695     median: 4695 (6%)     max: 4700 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
3DMark 06
6302 Points (8%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
6159 Points (4%)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M → 100% n=3

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M → 122% n=3

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
33.3  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
19.1  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
29.3  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
17.1  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
Quadro FX 1700M:
378  fps
med. 800x600
Quadro FX 1700M:
152  fps
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
59  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
Quadro FX 1700M:
610  fps
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Crysis - GPU Benchmark33.3119.06
Crysis - CPU Benchmark29.317.07
F.E.A.R.37815259
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo610
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500MNVIDIA Quadro FX 1700M
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