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GeForce FX 5950 Ultra, 5900 Ultra, and 5900 GPU Specifications

256-BIT ADVANCED MEMORY INTERFACE

  • Wider memory data path with next-generation controller technology for superior throughput

NVIDIA CINEFX 2.0 ENGINE

  • Advanced pixel shaders deliver 2x the floating-point pixel shader performance of previous generations
  • Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 (DX9) pixel shader 2.0+
  • Support for DX9 vertex shader 2.0+
  • Long pixel programs up to 1,024 instructions
  • Long vertex programs up to 256 static instructions with up to 65,536 instructions executed
  • Dynamic, conditional execution and flow control
  • Architected for Cg and Microsoft HLSL for maximum compatibility with next-generation content
  • 128-bit, studio-quality, floating-point precision computation through the entire rendering pipeline
  • Native hardware support for 32-bpp, 64-bpp and 128-bpp rendering modes
  • Up to 16 textures per rendering pass
  • Support for sRGB texture format for gamma textures
  • DirectX and S3TC texture compression
    Optimized for 32-bpp, 24-bpp, 16-bpp, 15-bpp, and 8-bpp modes
  • True-color, 64x64 hardware cursor alpha
  • Multibuffering (double, triple, or quad) for smooth animation and video playback

INTELLISAMPLE HCT

  • Increased visual quality at higher resolutions through advances in compression, anisotropic filtering, and antialiasing technology
  • Blistering-fast antialiasing and compression performance
  • Support for advanced lossless compression algorithms for both color, texture, and z-data at even higher resolutions and frame rates
  • Fast z-clear

ULTRASHADOW TECHNOLOGY

  • Accelerates shadow volumes for next-generation games
  • Accurately maintains shadows while discarding non-useful information

ADVANCED DISPLAY PIPELINE WITH FULL NVIDIA NVIEW CAPABILITIES

  • Integrated NTSC/PAL TV encoder supporting resolutions up to 1024x768 without the need for panning with built-in Macrovision
    copy protection
  • DVD and HDTV-ready MPEG-2 decoding up to 1920x1080i resolutions
  • Dual, integrated 400MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048x1536@85Hz
  • Dual DVO ports for interfacing to external TMDS transmitters
  • Internal TV support
  • VIP 1.1 interface support for video-in function
  • Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) support for multiple video windows with full video quality and features in each window

NVIDIA DIGITAL VIBRANCE CONTROL (DVC) 3.0

  • Image sharpening controls
  • Color controls

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

  • AGP 8X including Fast Writes and sideband addressing
  • 0.13 micron process technology for higher levels of integration and higher operating clock speeds
  • Advanced thermal management and thermal monitoring
  • 40mmx40mm, BGA 1309 flip-chip package

BROAD OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT

  • Microsoft Windows® XP
  • Windows Me
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 9x
  • Macintosh

API SUPPORT

  • Comprehensive Microsoft DirectX 9.0 (and earlier) support
  • OpenGL 1.5 (and earlier) support

COMPATIBILITY

  • NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
  • Fully compliant professional OpenGL 1.5 API with NVIDIA extensions, on all Linux and Windows operating systems
  • WHQL-certified for Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000
  • Complete Linux Xfree86 drivers