NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

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
38534
17
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
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