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NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M

Graphics Processor
G73
Pixel Shaders
12
Vertex Shaders
5
TMUs
12
ROPs
8
Memory Size
128 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Quadro FX 550M was a professional mobile graphics chip by NVIDIA, launched on March 13th, 2006. Built on the 90 nm process, and based on the G73 graphics processor, the chip supports DirectX 9.0c. Since Quadro FX 550M does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The G73 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 125 mm² and 177 million transistors. It features 12 pixel shaders and 5 vertex shaders, 12 texture mapping units, and 8 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 128 MB GDDR3 memory with the Quadro FX 550M, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 450 MHz, memory is running at 500 MHz.
Its power draw is rated at 35 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. Quadro FX 550M is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
G73
Architecture
Curie
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
90 nm
Transistors
177 million
Density
1.4M / mm²
Die Size
125 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-820

Mobile Graphics

Release Date
Mar 13th, 2006
Generation
Quadro FX Mobile
(x500M)
Predecessor
Quadro FX Go
Successor
Quadro Fermi-M
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
Reviews
26 in our database

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
450 MHz
Memory Clock
500 MHz
1000 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
128 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
16.00 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
12
Vertex Shaders
5
TMUs
12
ROPs
8

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
3.600 GPixel/s
Vertex Rate
562.5 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
5.400 GTexel/s

Board Design

TDP
35 W
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent

Graphics Features

DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
OpenGL
2.1
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
3.0

G73 GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP1
VDPAU: No Support

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
ForceWare Release 93.71 / 93.81 Beta
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 179.48 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 307.83
Quadro Release R310 U7 (312.69)

Windows Vista / 7:
GeForce Release 179.48 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 309.08
Quadro Release R310 U7 (312.69)

Windows 8:
GeForce Release 309.08
Quadro Release R310 U7 (312.69)
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