NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro

The NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro is a Quadro2 Celcius generation card built on the NV15 chip with the Celsius architecture. TSMC manufactured it on a 180 nm process with 25 million transistors on an 88 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 284.1K/mm². It was released on 2001-03-21 and is marked end-of-life. The card uses an AGP 4x bus interface, occupies a single slot, and provides 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video outputs. The database record contains no benchmark rows, an average benchmark score of 0, and a 50th percentile standing among all GPUs.

Memory Subsystem — VRAM size/type, bus width, bandwidth and what it means for high resolutions

The memory configuration is 64 MB of DDR memory on a 128-bit bus with 8.000 GB/s bandwidth. The memory clock is 250 MHz, which the database lists as 500 Mbps effective. This is the complete memory specification: 64 MB capacity, DDR type, 128-bit bus width, and 8.000 GB/s bandwidth.

For high-resolution workloads, the 64 MB framebuffer is a hard capacity ceiling. Larger frame images require more memory just to store color and depth data, and the 8.000 GB/s bandwidth determines how quickly that data can be written and read. The 128-bit bus narrows the transfer path relative to wider interfaces, and the AGP 4x bus governs how quickly assets move from system memory to the card. The combination of a small memory pool and moderate bandwidth means high-resolution, high-texture scenarios will be constrained before the rendering pipeline itself becomes the main limit.

The card’s memory type is DDR, and its effective data rate is 500 Mbps. The bandwidth figure of 8.000 GB/s is the aggregate transfer rate across the 128-bit bus. Pixel and texture rates also factor into high-resolution behavior: the card has 8 TMUs and 4 ROPs, producing a pixel rate of 800.0 MPixel/s and a texture rate of 1.600 GTexel/s. These rates cap how many pixels and texels can be processed per second, so high resolutions will pressure both the memory subsystem and the fill-rate limits.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set — RT/tensor cores, API support from facts

No RT cores are listed for this card, and no tensor cores are listed. The API support in the fact pack is DirectX 7.0 and OpenGL 1.5; no Vulkan support is present. That means the feature set is defined by those two APIs rather than by hardware-accelerated ray tracing or tensor processing.

The underlying chip is NV15, and the architecture is Celsius. Texture mapping is handled by 8 TMUs, and raster output is handled by 4 ROPs. The resulting texture rate is 1.600 GTexel/s, and the pixel rate is 800.0 MPixel/s. The display outputs are 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video. Shading unit count is not listed, and no FP32 or FP16 throughput values are supplied, so the compute side of the feature set is not enumerated in the database.

Because Vulkan is absent from the API list, the card does not expose a low-level cross-vendor API in this record. DirectX 7.0 and OpenGL 1.5 are the only API standards specified. The absence of RT and tensor cores also means ray tracing and tensor-accelerated workloads are not supported by the listed hardware features.

Benchmark Performance — analyze scores vs rivals with exact % deltas

The benchmarks array for this card is empty. There are no individual workstation or gaming scores in the fact pack. The average benchmark score is 0. The nearestRivals list is also empty, so there are no rival names, no rival scores, and no deltaPct values to compare.

Without nearestRivals entries, no exact percentage deltas can be reported. The database provides no competitor card to place the Quadro2 Pro ahead of or behind. The only ranking signal is the percentileVsAllGpus field, which is 50. That places the card at the 50th percentile among all GPUs in the database. However, the average benchmark score of 0 and the empty benchmark array mean that percentile is not tied to any measured score in the fact pack.

Because no rival scores are present, every statement about relative performance must be limited to the percentile field. The data shows no workload-specific benchmark results, no aggregate score beyond 0, and no nearest rivals. Therefore, the benchmark section cannot substantiate any comparative claim such as “faster than” or “slower than” a named product.

FAQ

Q: How much memory does the NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro have?

A: It has 64 MB of DDR memory on a 128-bit bus with 8.000 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the memory clock speed?

A: The memory clock is 250 MHz, listed as 500 Mbps effective.

Q: Does the card support ray tracing?

A: No RT cores or tensor cores are listed. The API support is DirectX 7.0 and OpenGL 1.5, with no Vulkan listed.

Q: What display outputs does it have?

A: It has 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video.

Q: What is the production status?

A: It is end-of-life. The release date is 2001-03-21, the predecessor is the Quadro Celsius, and the successor is the Quadro4 Celcius.

Q: What power connector or PSU is required?

A: No power connectors are listed, and the suggested PSU is 200 W.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals field is empty, so there are no direct rival comparisons in the database. No competitor names are provided, no rival scores are provided, and no deltaPct values are provided. As a result, this card cannot be positioned against specific competing GPUs using the fact pack.

The only relational data available are the predecessor and successor names: Quadro Celsius and Quadro4 Celcius. The Quadro2 Pro sits between those generations chronologically, but the database does not supply benchmark scores for either the predecessor or the successor. The 50th percentile field is the sole positional metric, and it is not accompanied by measured performance data. Compared with the absence of nearestRivals, the percentile field offers only a very coarse indication of database-wide placement.

Who Should Consider It

This card is appropriate for systems that use the AGP 4x bus interface and require the specific display outputs listed: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video. The API support is DirectX 7.0 and OpenGL 1.5, so software written for those APIs is the target environment. Users running such software on a single-slot AGP 4x system are the relevant audience.

The 64 MB DDR frame buffer and 8.000 GB/s bandwidth indicate a card for lower-resolution work rather than high-resolution, high-texture workloads. The 800.0 MPixel/s pixel rate and 1.600 GTexel/s texture rate cap the card’s throughput, so applications that require high pixel fill or heavy texture sampling will exceed its capabilities. Users needing ray tracing, tensor cores, Vulkan support, or high-bandwidth memory should not be directed to this card based on the data.

Power and Cooling

TDP is not listed in the database. The only power-related figures are the power connector field, which is None, and the suggested PSU, which is 200 W. The card is single-slot, and no multi-slot cooling footprint is specified. The AGP 4x bus interface is the attachment method, and the absence of external power connectors suggests the card draws its power through the slot, though the exact power draw is not provided.

The single-slot form factor is the only cooling-related mechanical detail in the pack. No cooler dimensions, fan configuration, or thermal solution are listed. With no TDP and no power connector requirement, the 200 W suggested PSU is the only numerical system power guidance available from the database.