NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce FX 5900 Ultra sales 23 October 2003 at a recommended price of $499 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Rankine architecture and made with 130 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 256 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.85 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 27.2 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via AGP 8x interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 218 mm. 1x Molex power connector is required, and power consumption is at 59 Watt.
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General info
Some basic facts about GeForce FX 5900 Ultra: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | Rankine (2003−2005) | |
GPU code name | NV35 | |
Market segment | Desktop | |
Release date | 23 October 2003 (20 years old) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 |
Technical specs
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce FX 5900 Ultra's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Core clock speed | 450 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 135 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 59 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 3.600 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce FX 5900 Ultra and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | AGP 8x | |
Length | 218 mm | |
Width | 2-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce FX 5900 Ultra: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | DDR | |
Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 850 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 27.2 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce FX 5900 Ultra. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce FX 5900 Ultra, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 9.0a | |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile) |
OpenCL | N/A | |
Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce FX 5900 Ultra. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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