NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT

GeForce FX 5900 XT videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 12 May 2003. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Rankine microarchitecture codenamed NV35.

Core clock speed - 400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 1.6 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 135 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 35 Watt.

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
38534
40
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
134
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 40
PassMark - G2D Mark 134

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Rankine
Code name NV35
Launch date 12 May 2003
Place in performance rating 1193
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm
Texture fill rate 1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt
Transistor count 135 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x
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