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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT

Graphics Processor
NV31
Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
2
TMUs
4
ROPs
4
Memory Size
128 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The GeForce FX 5600 XT was a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on March 17th, 2003. Built on the 130 nm process, and based on the NV31 graphics processor, in its NV31 5600 XT variant, the card supports DirectX 9.0a. Since GeForce FX 5600 XT does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The NV31 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 121 mm² and 80 million transistors. It features 4 pixel shaders and 2 vertex shaders, 4 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). NVIDIA has paired 128 MB DDR memory with the GeForce FX 5600 XT, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 235 MHz, memory is running at 200 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 XT does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is not exactly known. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. GeForce FX 5600 XT is connected to the rest of the system using an AGP 8x interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
NV31
GPU Variant
NV31 5600 XT
Architecture
Rankine
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
130 nm
Transistors
80 million
Density
661.2K / mm²
Die Size
121 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Mar 17th, 2003
Generation
GeForce FX
(5600)
Predecessor
GeForce 4 Ti
Successor
GeForce 6 AGP
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
AGP 8x
Reviews
2 in our database

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
235 MHz
Memory Clock
200 MHz
400 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
128 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
6.400 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
2
TMUs
4
ROPs
4

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
940.0 MPixel/s
Vertex Rate
117.5 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
940.0 MTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
TDP
unknown
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
9.0a
OpenGL
1.5 (full)
2.0 (partial)
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Pixel Shader
2.0a
Vertex Shader
2.0a

NV31 GPU Notes

OpenGL 2.1: 66% Support
OpenGL 3.0: 19% Support
OpenGL 3.1: 16% Support

Retail boards based on this design (1)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
235 MHz 200 MHz
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