The Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition was an enthusiast-class professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on September 27th, 2008. Built on the 80 nm process, and based on the G84 graphics processor, 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 GDDR3 memory with the Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 520 MHz, memory is running at 650 MHz. Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 Mac Edition 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 Mac Edition 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.