NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 videocard review

GeForce FX 5500 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 17 March 2004. At the time of release, the videocard cost $36.99. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Rankine microarchitecture codenamed NV34 B1.

Core clock speed - 230 MHz. Texture fill rate - 920 MTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 140 nm. Transistors count - 45 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 64 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 3.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38582

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

152

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	8
PassMark - G2D Mark	152

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rankine
Code name	NV34 B1
Launch date	17 March 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$36.99
Place in performance rating	1089
Price now	$36.99
Type	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz
Memory type	DDR