NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

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Graphics Processor

GPU model NV36 NV35
Architecture Rankine Rankine
Foundry TSMC TSMC
Manufacturing process 130 nm 130 nm
Number of transistors 82 million 135 million
Die size 133 mm² 207 mm²
GPU variant FX 5900 Ultra

Graphics Card

Release date Sep 1st, 2004 Oct 23rd, 2003
Generation GeForce FX GeForce FX
Production End-of-life End-of-life
Interface AGP 8x AGP 8x
Reviews 6 in our database 11 in our database
Predecessor GeForce 4 Ti GeForce 4 Ti
Successor GeForce 6 AGP GeForce 6 AGP
Launch price 499 USD

Clocks

GPU clock 425 MHz 450 MHz
Memory clock 200 MHz 400 Mbps effective 425 MHz 850 Mbps effective

Memory Configuration

Memory size 128 MB 256 MB
Memory type DDR DDR
Memory bus width 64 bit 256 bit
Bandwidth 3.200 GB/s 27.20 GB/s

Render Configuration

Pixel shaders 4 4
Vertex shaders 3 3
TMUs 4 8
ROPs 4 4

Performance

Pixel rate 1.700 GPixel/s 1.800 GPixel/s
Vertex rate 318.8 MVertices/s 337.5 MVertices/s
Texture rate 1.700 GTexel/s 3.600 GTexel/s

Dimensions & Outputs

Slot width Single-slot Dual-slot
TDP unknown 59 W
Suggested PSU 200 W 250 W
Outputs 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video
Power connectors None 1x Molex
Length 218 mm 8.6 inches
Board number P172

API Support & Features

DirectX 9.0a 9.0a
OpenGL 1.5 (2.1) 1.5 (2.1)
OpenCL
Vulkan
Pixel shader 2.0a 2.0a
Vertex shader 2.0a 2.0a

Other Features

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