NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra videocard review

GeForce FX 5600 Ultra videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 17 March 2003. At the time of release, the videocard cost $199. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Rankine microarchitecture codenamed NV31 A1.

Core clock speed - 350 MHz. Texture fill rate - 1.4 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 80 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 700 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 11.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

122

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	17
PassMark - G2D Mark	122

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rankine
Code name	NV31 A1
Launch date	17 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1268
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Length	191 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR