NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
4.5x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 275 MHz
83.8x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
14x more maximum memory size: 1792 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 999 MHz vs 500 MHz
66.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1201 vs 18

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2009 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1792 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	999 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1201 vs 18

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 186 vs 96

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	186 vs 96

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1201

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

186

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
PassMark - G3D Mark	1201	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	96	186
Geekbench - OpenCL	21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3107

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GT200B	NV31 A1
Launch date	8 January 2009	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$500
Place in performance rating	946	948
Price now	$159.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	8.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	1242 MHz	275 MHz
CUDA cores	480
CUDA cores per GPU	240
Floating-point performance	2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	2x 240
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec	1.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	289 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options	Quad
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1792 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	223.8 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	896 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	999 MHz	500 MHz
Memory interface width per GPU	448 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Standard memory config per GPU	896 MB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)	128bit
SLI