GeForce FX 5900 and GeForce FX 5800 Ultra - video card comparison
GeForce FX 5900
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
Architecture
Rankine (2003−2005)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV35
NV30
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2003
March 2003
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex
1x Molex
Core clock speed
400 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
135 million
125 million
Texture fill rate
3.200
4.000
Memory type
DDR
GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
850 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
27.2 GB/s
16 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0a
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.5 (2.1)
1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
N/A
N/A