NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 videocard review

Quadro FX 5500 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 20 April 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $2,999. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Curie microarchitecture codenamed G71.

Core clock speed - 650 MHz. Texture fill rate - 15.6 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 278 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 96 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1010 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 32.3 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38287

242

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1401

394

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	242
PassMark - G2D Mark	394

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G71
Launch date	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999
Place in performance rating	430
Price now	$1,840.60
Type	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	0.17
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt
Transistor count	278 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	32.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1010 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3