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SPARKLE GeForce FX 5500

Graphics Processor
NV34B
Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
2
TMUs
4
ROPs
4
Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Bus Width
128 bit
Front GPU Chip
GPU Chip
GPU

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
NV34B
GPU Variant
FX 5500
Architecture
Rankine
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
150 nm
Transistors
45 million
Density
494.5K / mm²
Die Size
91 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-555

Graphics Card

Release Date
Mar 17th, 2004
Generation
GeForce FX
(5500)
Predecessor
GeForce 4 Ti
Successor
GeForce 6 AGP
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
AGP 8x

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
270 MHz
Memory Clock
166 MHz
200 MHz (+20%)
332 Mbps effective
400 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
64 MB
256 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
5.312 GB/s
6.400 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
2
TMUs
4
ROPs
4

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
1.080 GPixel/s
Vertex Rate
135.0 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
1.080 GTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
TDP
unknown
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
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

Card Notes

Variant Memory: 128 MB
Variant Memory: 256 MB

NV34B 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

Other retail boards based on this design (3)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
SPARKLE GeForce FX 5500
270 MHz 200 MHz 256 MB
ZOTAC GeForce FX 5500
240 MHz 166 MHz 256 MB
ZOTAC GeForce FX 5500 OC
270 MHz 200 MHz 256 MB
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