September 2004 3Digest:
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB (475/950 MHz)
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This GPU is presented by MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256, 256MB, AGP card.
Features:
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 GPU, 475MHz clock rate;
- 256MB DDR SGRAM in Hynix BGA chips. 475 (950) MHz max. memory clock.
- 256-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode without optimizations is 1900 megapixels/sec and 3800 megatexels/sec.
By the end of the month the product costs $385-420 on average, supports DirectX 9.0c.
It's the previous NVIDIA hit. Now it has to either leave or have its price cut because $300 GeForce 6800 reduces the demand of 5950 Ultra down to minimal. 2 ns fetch indicates 500 (1000) MHz clock, but memory operates at 475 (950) MHz clock.
You can read more on GeForceFX in our reviews:
Theoretical and analytical graphics card reviews containing functional analysis of NVIDIA GPUs
On September 10, 2004 the latest drivers from NVIDIA were 65.76, 66.31 for Windows XP.
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