NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

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
38588
8
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