NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce FX 5900 XT sales 12 May 2003. 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. 128 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.7 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 22.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via AGP 8x interface. 1x Molex power connector is required, and power consumption is at 35 Watt.
We have no data on GeForce FX 5900 XT benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce FX 5900 XT: 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 | 12 May 2003 (20 years old) | |
Current price | $315 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
GeForce FX 5900 XT's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce FX 5900 XT's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Core clock speed | 400 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 135 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 3.200 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce FX 5900 XT 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 | |
Width | 1-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce FX 5900 XT: 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 | 128 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce FX 5900 XT. 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 XT, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 9.0a | |
OpenGL | 1.5 (2.1) | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
OpenCL | N/A | |
Vulkan | N/A |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce FX 5900 XT according to our statistics.