NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI videocard review

Quadro FX 5500 SDI videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 20 April 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $6,999. 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) - 104 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.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Curie
Code name	G71
Launch date	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,999
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	104 Watt
Transistor count	278 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x 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