The Quadro FX 1700 was an enthusiast-class professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on September 12th, 2007. Built on the 80 nm process, and based on the G84 graphics processor, in its G84-875-A2 variant, the card supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_0, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The G84 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 169 mm² and 289 million transistors. It features 32 shading units, 16 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 512 MB DDR2 memory with the Quadro FX 1700, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 460 MHz, memory is running at 400 MHz. Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 42 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x S-Video. Quadro FX 1700 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface. The card measures 168 mm in length, 111 mm in width, and features a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 699 US Dollars.