NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra videocard review

GeForce FX 5950 Ultra videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 23 October 2003. At the time of release, the videocard cost $499. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Rankine microarchitecture codenamed NV38 A1.

Core clock speed - 475 MHz. Texture fill rate - 1.9 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 135 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 74 Watt.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 950 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 30.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38718

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1306

274

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	274

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rankine
Code name	NV38 A1
Launch date	23 October 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	608
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	74 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
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	950 MHz
Memory type	DDR