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NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M

The professional graphic card for CAD, DCC and visualising applications is based upon the 8800M GTX (according to Dell) / GTS (according to GPU-Z, which is still Beta). Therefore, the graphic card offers eminent performance values but with high current consumption. Certified drivers grant erorfree and faster representation with professional applications. Nvidia Quadro FX 3600M is based on the desktop G92 chip and is the new top video chip of Nvidia for DirectX 10.

A particularity of the Quadro FX 3600M are the "Unified Shaders". There don't exist any more dedicated pixel or vertex shaders but 64 so called stream processors make the graphic work (which made the pixel and vertex shaders in former days). Further, the shader units are higher clocked than the chip (1250 MHz).

The performance of the FX 3600M shoul be higher than the 1600M due to the 256 bit wide memory bus and the high amount of Unified Shaders.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
SeriesQuadro FX
CodenameNB8E-GLM
Pipelines96 - unified
Core Speed *500 MHz
Shader Speed *1250 MHz
Memory Speed *800 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption70 Watt
Transistors754 Million
technology65 nm
FeaturesPureVideo technology (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV9 decoding acceleration), HDCP-capable, PowerMizer 7.0 energy administration (dynamic switching between performance and energy saving), HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting), designed for Windows Vista, supports Dual-Link DVI-D exits for TFT resolutions up to 2560x1600, LVDS, VGA, HDTV, HDCP, HDMI, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread technology
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement23.02.2008
InformationMXM Factor III
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.nvidia.com/object/quadrofx_36...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

benchmarks

3DMark 2001: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 41502, avg: 41502, max: 41502 Points
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3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 26705, avg: 26705, max: 26705 Points
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3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 13176, avg: 13950, max: 14723 Points
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3DMark 06:
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      min: 7799, avg: 8023, max: 8236 Points
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Cinebench R10: - Shading
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      min: 6193, avg: 6193, max: 6193 Points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 8 benchmarks

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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
CoD Modern Warfare 2 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Risen (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Need for Speed Shift (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
Anno 1404 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Sims 3 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
Left 4 Dead (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Far Cry 2 (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Crysis Warhead (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Racedriver: GRID (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
98.1  fps
med.:
59.5  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
119.5  fps
med.:
53.2  fps
high:
29  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
World in Conflict - Benchmark
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
med.:
63  fps
high:
41  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Command and Conquer III (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Call of Juarez Benchmark (2006): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion (2006): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Quake 4 (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings ultra. - more...
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
503  fps
med.:
230  fps
high:
103  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
World of Warcraft (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
Counter-Strike Source (2004): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
176.5  fps
med.:
177.3  fps
high:
175.1  fps
ultra:
167.8  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...

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Notebook reviews with NVIDIA Quadro FX 3600M graphics card

Dell Precision M6300 (Intel Core 2 Duo T9500, 17.1")
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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2010-03- 9)