ATI Radeon 9550 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards ATI Radeon 9550 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating

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Rage 8

Architecture

Rankine

1 October 2003 (18 years ago)

Release date

12 May 2003 (18 years ago)

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Launch price (MSRP)

$399

$200

Price now

$315 (0.8x MSRP)

RV350

GPU code name

NV35

Desktop

Market segment

Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between ATI Radeon 9550 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

250 MHz

Core clock speed

400 MHz

130 nm

Manufacturing process technology

130 nm

1.000

Texture fill rate

3.200

60 million

Number of transistors

135 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the ATI Radeon 9550 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900.

AGP 8x

Interface

AGP 8x

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Length

218 mm

None

Supplementary power connectors

1x Molex

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics ATI Radeon 9550 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 can be seen in this section.

DDR

Memory type

DDR

64 MB

Maximum RAM amount

128 MB

128 Bit

Memory bus width

256 Bit

400 MHz

Memory clock speed

850 MHz

6.4 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

27.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards ATI Radeon 9550 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for ATI Radeon 9550 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the ATI Radeon 9550 or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 good for gaming.

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		low 1280x720	med. 1920x1080	high 1920x1080	ultra 1920x1080	QHD 2560x1440	4K 3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020)	ATI Radeon 9550
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020)	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Death Stranding (2020)	ATI Radeon 9550
Death Stranding (2020)	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
F1 2020 (2020)	ATI Radeon 9550
F1 2020 (2020)	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Gears Tactics (2020)	ATI Radeon 9550
Gears Tactics (2020)	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
Doom Eternal (2020)	ATI Radeon 9550
Doom Eternal (2020)	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Legend
5	Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
	May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30	Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40	Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60	Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
	May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
?	Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
	Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.