ATI Rage Fury MAXX vs Quadro FX 5500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1262	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.46	no data
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code name	G71	Rage 4
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	20 April 2006 (19 years ago)	1 October 1999 (26 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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.

Core clock speed	650 MHz	125 MHz
Number of transistors	278 million	8 million
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	96 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	15.60	0.25 ×2
ROPs	16	2 ×2
TMUs	24	2 ×2

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	229 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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 type	GDDR3	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB ×2
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	505 MHz	143 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32.32 GB/s	1.144 GB/s ×2

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

1x VGA

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	6.0
Shader Model	3.0	no data
OpenGL	2.1	1.2
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 April 2006	1 October 1999
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	250 nm

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