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NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M

The NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M is a professional middle class graphics card for mobile workstations (about 15"). It is based on the GeForce GT 330M graphics card with slower clock rates and therefore is a DirectX 10.1 chip that is produced in 40nm. 

Due to a special BIOS and professional drivers, the FX 880M should perform noticeably better than a 330M in professional applications (like CAD, DCC, Rendering). Another advantage for professional users are the certified drivers that should ensure a bug free experience with the most common professional applications. Futhermore, the Quadro FX drivers contain profiles for these applications to ensure the best settings (similar to the game profiles in GeForce cards).

The Quadro FX 880M is also based on the GT216 core in 40nm. The shaders are based on the desktop GTX 200 architecture and therefore a bit improved compared to the previous generation cards.

Without load, the Quadro FX 880M is able to downclock to 135 / 270 / 135 MHz (chip / shader / memory clock).

The gaming performance of the FX 880M should be beyond the GT 330M, because of the different drivers. Gamers should choose a GeForce card because of the better game support.

The chip supports Optimus for automatic switching between dedicated and integrated graphics card (e.g. in the new Core i5 CPUs). Still Optimus was for example not integrated in the Lenovo Thinkpad W510.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
Quadro FX Series

Quadro FX 3800M 128@675MHz

Quadro FX 3700M 128@550MHz

Quadro FX 2800M 96@600MHz

Quadro FX 3600M 96@500MHz

Quadro FX 2700M 48@530MHz

Quadro FX 880M 48@550MHz

Quadro FX 3500M 24/8@575MHz

Quadro FX 2500M 24/8@500MHz

Quadro FX 1700M 32@625MHz

Quadro FX 1600M 32@625MHz

Quadro FX 1500M 20/7@375MHz

Quadro FX 770M 32@500MHz

Quadro FX 570M 32@475MHz

Quadro FX 370M 8@580MHz

Quadro FX 360M 16@400MHz

Quadro FX 350M 4/3@450MHz

CodenameN10P-GLM
ArchitectureGT2xx
Pipelines48 - unified
Core Speed *550 MHz
Shader Speed *1210 MHz
Memory Speed *790 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3, DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Current Consumption35 Watt
technology40 nm
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement07.01.2010
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.nvidia.com/object/product_qua...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 2558     avg: 2642.5 (7%)     max: 2735 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 2128     avg: 2203 (6%)     max: 2385 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 6366     avg: 6399.2 (22%)     max: 6473 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 13154     avg: 13216.6 (36%)     max: 13298 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 18796     avg: 18979.6 (13%)     max: 19137 Points
3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 28169     avg: 32290.5 (53%)     max: 34331 Points
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 5494     avg: 5558.3 (21%)     max: 5608 Points
SPECviewperf 11 - Catia 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 8.63     avg: 12.3 (18%)     max: 15.92 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Ensight 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 10     avg: 10.3 (17%)     max: 10.59 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Lightwave 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 9.81     avg: 23.8 (30%)     max: 37.84 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Maya 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 6.94     avg: 8 (7%)     max: 9.09 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 4.28     avg: 5.2 (31%)     max: 6.21 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - SolidWorks 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 7.56     avg: 16 (25%)     max: 24.45 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Tcvis 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 11.04     avg: 11.2 (19%)     max: 11.32 fps
SPECviewperf 11 - Siemens NX 1920x1080
0% 100%
min: 9.18     avg: 9.7 (15%)     max: 10.27 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3ds Max 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 47.81     avg: 47.8 (99%)     max: 47.81 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 47.59     avg: 47.6 (100%)     max: 47.59 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 60.06     avg: 60.1 (32%)     max: 60.06 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 58.05     avg: 58.1 (86%)     max: 58.05 fps
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 24.44     avg: 24.4 (63%)     max: 24.44 fps
Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 15.84     avg: 16 (18%)     max: 16.14 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 4809     avg: 4885.7 (45%)     max: 5002 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
0% 100%
min: 6.4     avg: 6.4 (81%)     max: 6.4 points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
0% 100%
min: 6.4     avg: 6.4 (81%)     max: 6.4 points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

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.

Fifa 11
Fifa 11 (2010)
med.:
129.2  fps      Compare
high:
90.5  fps      Compare
ultra:
50.4  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Civilization 5 (2010): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
StarCraft 2
StarCraft 2 (2010)
low:
155  fps      Compare
med.:
42  fps      Compare
high:
29  fps      Compare
ultra:
12  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Just Cause 2 (2010): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
low:
58.8  fps      Compare
med.:
30.4  fps      Compare
high:
16.1  fps      Compare
ultra:
9.7  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Stalker: Call of Pripyat (2010): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
CoD Modern Warfare 2
low:
124.1  fps      Compare
med.:
42.2  fps      Compare
high:
35.4  fps      Compare
ultra:
21  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Risen
Risen (2009)
low:
75.4  fps      Compare
med.:
29.8 33.4 ~ 32 fps      Compare
high:
18.2 20.6 ~ 19 fps      Compare
ultra:
12.7  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Resident Evil 5 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Colin McRae: DIRT 2
Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009)
low:
79.3  fps      Compare
med.:
45.7 47.8 ~ 47 fps      Compare
high:
20 39 ~ 30 fps      Compare
ultra:
12.8  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Anno 1404
Anno 1404 (2009)
low:
59.7 60 131 147.3 ~ 100 fps      Compare
ultra:
19 19.1 20.5 23 ~ 20 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
ArmA 2 (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
F.E.A.R. 2
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009)
low:
179.6  fps      Compare
med.:
65.9  fps      Compare
high:
42.3  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2 (2008)
low:
93.3  fps      Compare