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GeForce FX Series

DirectX 9 era GeForce generation using NV3x GPUs. Architecture coverage: Rankine.

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Architecture
Celsius, Rankine
Launch range
2003-2005
Memory types
DDR, GDDR2

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Desktop and laptop GPUs are listed in product-stack order.

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GPU Architecture Launch Date Shader Processors Memory Bus Width TDP/TBP Segment
GeForce FX 5100 Rankine 2003-03-06 — 64 MB DDR 64-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5200 Celsius 2003-03-06 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5200 LE Rankine 2003-03-17 — 128 MB DDR 64-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5200 PCI Rankine 2003-03-06 — 256 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2 Rankine 2003-03-06 — 128 MB DDR 64-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Rankine 2003-03-06 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition Rankine 2003-03-06 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5500 Rankine 2004-03-17 — 64 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5500 PCI Rankine 2004-03-17 — 256 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5600 Rankine 2003-03-06 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit 37 W Desktop
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra Rankine 2003-03-17 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5600 XT Rankine 2003-03-17 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5600 XT PCI Rankine 2003-03-17 — 64 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5700 Rankine 2003-10-23 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit 25 W Desktop
GeForce FX 5700 Engineering Sample Rankine 2003-08-18 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit 25 W Desktop
GeForce FX 5700 EP Rankine 2004-09-01 — 128 MB DDR 64-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5700 LE Rankine 2004-03-01 — 128 MB DDR 64-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra Rankine 2003-10-23 — 128 MB GDDR2 128-bit 46 W Desktop
GeForce FX 5700 VE Rankine 2004-09-01 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5800 Rankine 2003-03-06 — 128 MB GDDR2 128-bit 44 W Desktop
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra Rankine 2003-03-06 — 128 MB GDDR2 128-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5900 Rankine 2003-05-12 — 128 MB DDR 256-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Rankine 2003-05-12 — 256 MB DDR 256-bit 59 W Desktop
GeForce FX 5900 XT Rankine 2003-05-12 — 128 MB DDR 256-bit 35 W Desktop
GeForce FX 5900 ZT Rankine 2003-05-12 — 128 MB DDR 256-bit — Desktop
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra Rankine 2003-10-23 — 256 MB DDR 256-bit 74 W Desktop
GeForce FX Go5100 Rankine 2003-03-01 — 32 MB DDR 64-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5200 Rankine 2003-03-01 — 32 MB DDR 128-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5200 32M Rankine 2003-03-01 — 32 MB DDR 64-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5200 64M Rankine 2003-03-01 — 64 MB DDR 128-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5200 NPB 32M Rankine 2003-03-01 — 32 MB DDR 64-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5200 NPB 64M Rankine 2003-03-01 — 64 MB DDR 128-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5250 Rankine 2003-03-01 — 64 MB DDR 128-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5300 Rankine 2003-03-01 — 64 MB DDR 128-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5350 Rankine 2003-03-01 — 64 MB DDR 128-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5600 Rankine 2003-03-01 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5650 Rankine 2003-03-01 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit — Laptop
GeForce FX Go5700 Rankine 2005-02-01 — 128 MB DDR 128-bit — Laptop

Series Notes

GeForce FX was NVIDIA's first DirectX 9 generation and a historically important, uneven transition to longer shader programs. Performance varies sharply between low-end FX cards and high-end FX 5900/5950 boards.