NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 videocard review

GeForce FX 5900 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 May 2003. At the time of release, the videocard cost $399. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Rankine microarchitecture codenamed NV35.

Core clock speed - 400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 3.2 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 135 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 700 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 22.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38712

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

188

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	35
PassMark - G2D Mark	188

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rankine
Code name	NV35
Launch date	12 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	941
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	135 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Length	218 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR