NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV30	NV30
Launch date	6 March 2003	6 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	$399
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt
Transistor count	125 million	125 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Length	213 mm	213 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR2