RV770 vs GeForce FX 5700 VE

Primary Details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRankine (2003−2005)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameNV36RV770
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2004 (19 years ago)no data
Current price$185 $140

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data800
Core clock speed250 MHzno data
Number of transistors82 million956 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm55 nm
Texture fill rate1.000no 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).

InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed400 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX9.0a10.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGL1.5 (2.1)3.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & Cons Summary


Chip lithography 130 nm 55 nm

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