GeForce FX Go 5700 vs 8800 Ultra

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking941not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)no data
GPU code nameG80NV36M
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 May 2007 (17 years ago)1 January 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$829 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores6124
Core clock speed612 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data450 MHz
Number of transistors681 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology90 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Wattno data
Texture fill rate39.17no data
Floating-point processing power0.3871 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs32no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data
Length270 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB32 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1080 MHz275 MHz
Memory bandwidth103.7 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)DDR
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 May 2007 1 January 2004
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 32 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 130 nm

8800 Ultra has an age advantage of 3 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 Ultra and GeForce FX Go 5700. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 Ultra is a desktop card while GeForce FX Go 5700 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
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