August 2003 3Digest:
NVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Turbo
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This chip is presented by Albatron Gigi GeForce FX 5900 Turbo, 256MB, AGP card.
Features:
- NVIDIA NV35 GPU, 410 MHz clock rate;
- 256MB DDR SGRAM in Hynix BGA chips. 2.2ns fetch time corresponds to about 454 (908) MHz, but the memory operates at 425 (850) MHz.
- 256-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode without optimizations is 1640 megapixels/sec and 3280 megatexels/sec.
By the end of the month the product belongs to the $500-550 range; supports DirectX 9.0; closest rivals: RADEON 9800 Pro, RADEON 9800 Pro 256MB.
You can read more on GeForceFX in our reviews:
- Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of NVIDIA GeForceFX GPU
On August 10, 2003 the latest drivers from NVIDIA are 45.23, 45.24 and 45.20 for Windows XP.
You can get more information about problems of various NVIDIA drivers at the NVIDIA World website.
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