GeForce FX 5900 XT and GeForce3 Ti500 - video card comparison
GeForce FX 5900 XT
GeForce3 Ti500
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name
NV35
NV20 A5
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2003
October 2001
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
None
Core clock speed
400 MHz
240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
135 million
57 million
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
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Texture fill rate
3.200
1.920
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
500 MHz
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0a
8.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)
1.3
Vulkan
N/A
N/A