NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra

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
38582
59
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
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 609
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