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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100

Graphics Processor
NV34
Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
2
TMUs
4
ROPs
4
Memory Size
64 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Bus Width
64 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The GeForce FX 5100 was a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on March 6th, 2003. Built on the 150 nm process, and based on the NV34 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 9.0a. Since GeForce FX 5100 does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The NV34 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 124 mm² and 45 million transistors. It features 4 pixel shaders and 2 vertex shaders, 4 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). NVIDIA has paired 64 MB DDR memory with the GeForce FX 5100, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 200 MHz, memory is running at 166 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is not exactly known. Display outputs include: 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. GeForce FX 5100 is connected to the rest of the system using an AGP 8x interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
NV34
Architecture
Rankine
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
150 nm
Transistors
45 million
Density
362.9K / mm²
Die Size
124 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-555

Graphics Card

Release Date
Mar 6th, 2003
Generation
GeForce FX
(5100)
Predecessor
GeForce 4 Ti
Successor
GeForce 6 AGP
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
AGP 8x

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
200 MHz
Memory Clock
166 MHz
332 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
64 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus
64 bit
Bandwidth
2.656 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
2
TMUs
4
ROPs
4

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
800.0 MPixel/s
Vertex Rate
100.0 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
800.0 MTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
TDP
unknown
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
9.0a
OpenGL
1.5 (full)
2.0 (partial)
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Pixel Shader
2.0a
Vertex Shader
2.0a

NV34 GPU Notes

Latest Drivers:
Windows NT 4:
ForceWare Release 77.56
ForceWare Release 77.72 Desktop

Windows 95 / 98 / ME:
ForceWare Release 81.98

Windows 2000:
GeForce Release 93.71 / 93.81 Beta
Quadro Release 169.96

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 175.19
Quadro Release 169.96

Windows Vista:
ForceWare Release 96.85
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