GeForce FX 5500
The GeForce FX 5500 was approximately in the middle between the performance level of the GeForce FX 5200 and the GeForce FX 5600. The GeForce FX 5200 at comparable frequencies (250/400 MHz) lost to the GeForce FX 5500 by almost one and a half times, so for budget-conscious users the new product from Nvidia was of some interest.
At frequencies of 270/400 MHz, some internal improvements helped this new product gain a noticeable advantage over the GeForce FX 5200
Characteristics of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
| Name | GeForce FX 5500 |
| Core | NV34 |
| Process technology (µm) | 0,14 / 0,15 |
| Transistors (millions) | 47 |
| Core frequency | 270 |
| Memory operating frequency (DDR) | 200 (400) |
| Bus and memory type | DDR-64/128 bit |
| Bandwidth (Gb/s) | 3,2 / 6,4 |
| Pixel pipelines | 4 (2) |
| TMU on conveyor | 1 (2) |
| Textures per beat | 4 |
| Textures per pass | 16 |
| Vertex conveyors | 1 |
| Pixel Shaders | 2.0 |
| Vertex Shaders | 2.0 |
| Fill Rate (Mpix/s) | 1080 |
| Fill Rate (Mtex/s) | 1080 |
| DirectX | 9.0 |
| Anti-Aliasing (Max) | SS & MS - 4x |
| Anisotropic Filtering (Max) | 8x |
| Memory Capacity | 128 / 256 MB |
| Interface | AGP 8x |
| RAMDAC | 2x350 MHz |
This video card was planned to displace the GeForce FX 5200 from its market segment and significantly shake the position of the poor Radeon 9600 SE
