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XFX GeForce FX 5500 Product Details

Cinematic Graphics.
Can You Live Without It?
Leave the dark, dull world of integrated graphic technology behind. Enter a whole new world—the World of Cinematic Computing. The NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 delivers industry-leading features and performance enabling special effects on par with Hollywood films. Engineered for compatibility with the latest software, the GeForce FX 5500 is the only Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 GPU in its class.


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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
For the casual PC user, the GeForce FX 5500 GPU delivers the industry-leading features and performance you expect from NVIDIA. Backed by the renowned NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) and the only GPU in its class to support Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0, the GeForce FX 5500 ensures the ultimate compatibility with the latest gaming and multimedia software.

CineFX Engine
Powers cinematic effects beyond imagination. With advanced vertex and pixel shader capabilities, stunning and complex special effects are possible. In addition, increased horsepower delivers faster and smoother gameplay.

High-Precision Graphics
By combining the incredible dynamic range of today's state-of-the-art 3D motion pictures with 128-bit studio-precision color, the GeForce FX GPUs bring you the industry’s best image quality for the most demanding applications.

nView Multi-Display Technology
The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience.

Digital Vibrance Control (DVC)
Allows the user to adjust color controls digitally to compensate for the lighting conditions of their workspace, in order to achieve accurate, bright colors in all conditions.


A Closer Look


Features
  • CineFX Engine
    Powers cinematic effects beyond imagination. With advanced vertex and pixel shader capabilities, stunning and complex special effects are possible. In addition, increased horsepower delivers faster and smoother gameplay.
  • High-Precision Graphics
    By combining the incredible dynamic range of today's state-of-the-art 3D motion pictures with 128-bit studio-precision color, the GeForce FX GPUs bring you the industry’s best image quality for the most demanding applications.
  • nView Multi-display Technology
    The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience. NVIDIA GPUs are enabled to support multi-displays, but graphics cards vary.
  • Digital Vibrance Control (DVC)
    Allows the user to adjust color controls digitally to compensate for the lighting conditions of their workspace, in order to achieve accurate, bright colors in all conditions.
  • DVI Support
    Able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays with up to 1600x1200 resolution.

Specifications

Connections
Interface Type AGP
Interface Speed 8X
Connector(s) DVI
  TV/S-Video
  VGA (15-Pin D-Sub)
Performance
GPU/VPU NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Maximum Resolution 2048 x 1536 @ 75Hz
Memory
Memory Type DDR
Video Memory 256MB
Core Clock 270 MHz
Memory Clock 400 MHz
Memory Bandwidth 6.4GB/sec.

Customer Reviews

4.7 (100 customer reviews)

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Reviewer:
bradmix14
Date:
Dec 08, 2010

Great Card!! Good for the $$$. Im running XP on my Compaq 2.4ghz, 1gb ram, 2x250gb. Setup was easy and quick. wanted this card to put two 17''LCD's and it works great. I would highly recommend this card to anyone.

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Reviewer:
seancsnm
Date:
May 15, 2008

Good, cheap video card for it's time, and I am satisfied with the 2 years it gave me before it finally died. It could run Q3-based games (COD, JKA, JKO) on highest settings. It surprisingly was able to run Half-Life 2 on highest settings too. Unfortunately, the fps goes way down when playing Halo, and AOE III even on lowest settings. I would recommend newer cards, but overall, I am satisfied with the life it gave me.

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Reviewer:
Hoosierdaddi86
Date:
Jan 25, 2006

Great Card for the money. Excellent Value. Runs the Sims 2 so much better than my old integrated video card. Excellent upgrade, although the fan is a bit noisy, it keeps the card cooler than a heatsink.

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Reviewer:
JDW
Date:
Jan 25, 2006

A buddy of mine just bought this card with the same thought in mind as most people, 256MB is always better then 128MB. This isn't always so. My ATI 9800 Pro is only 128 MB however the GPU and the speed of the video ram are much faster, thus graphics experience on my part is much sharper and faster in any graphics demanding application.

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Reviewer:
Frank
Date:
Jan 23, 2006

Ordered this with bare bones, works great and was very easy to to install. Great price too and very fast shipping.

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    Limited Warranty: 24 months parts; 24 months labor
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    UPC No: 778656039674
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