Rage Fury MAXX vs Quadro FX 5500

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1154not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code nameG71Rage 4
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date20 April 2006 (18 years ago)1 October 1999 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,999 no data
Current price$150 (0.1x MSRP)$17.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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.

Core clock speed650 MHz125 MHz
Number of transistors278 million8 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Wattno data
Texture fill rate15.600.25

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 4x
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB32 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1010 MHz143 MHz
Memory bandwidth32.32 GB/s1.144 GB/s

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-Video1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)6.0
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.11.2
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


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

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5500 and Rage Fury MAXX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 5500 is a workstation graphics card while Rage Fury MAXX is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500
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