NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
- 2x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 200 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
- Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz
- 4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 8
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 12 May 2003 vs 1 March 2003 |
Core clock speed | 400 MHz vs 200 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 140 nm |
Maximum memory size | 128 MB vs 32 MB |
Memory clock speed | 700 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 35 vs 8 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200
- 250x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 190 vs 188
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 800 MTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 190 vs 188 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 | NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 35 | 8 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 188 | 190 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 | NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rankine | Rankine |
Code name | NV35 | NV34 B1 |
Launch date | 12 May 2003 | 1 March 2003 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | |
Place in performance rating | 934 | 936 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 200 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 140 nm |
Texture fill rate | 3.2 GTexel / s | 800 MTexel / s |
Transistor count | 135 million | 45 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 8x |
Length | 218 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0a | 9.0a |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | 1.5 (2.1) |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 32 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB / s | 6.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 400 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |