NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI

671.4x more texture fill rate: 940 MTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 235 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 235 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G2D Mark		258
PassMark - G3D Mark		34

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV31 A1	NV35
Launch date	17 March 2003	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	660
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	235 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	940 MTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	80 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR