Nvidia FX 5900 XT Introduction, Product Specifications, Package Contents, System Requirements

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Introduction

Product Specifications

Interface

AGP 4x/8x and AGP texturing support

Chipset

NVIDIA GeForce FX5900 XT Series

Memory Interface

Supports 128 MB DDR SDRAM

Features

256-bit advanced memory interface

256-bit graphics architecture

400 MHz internal RAMDAC

22.4 GB/sec memory bandwidth

8 pixels per clock rendering engine

16 texels per pixel with 8 textures applied per clock NVIDIA CineFX 2.0 Engine

Advanced Display Pipeline with full nView Capabilities High-performance, high-precision 3D rendering engine High-Performance 2D rendering engine UltraShadow technology

Intellisample HCT Performance Technology Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) 3.0 NVIDIA nView multi-display technology Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)

High quality video playback

Dual, 400MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048x1536 @ 85Hz

Integrated NTSC/PAL TV encoder support 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

Support for dual-link DVI for compatibility with next-generation flat panel displays with resolutions greater than 1600x1200 without the need for reduced blanking

Full Software Support

Microsoft DirectX optimizations and support Full OpenGL 1.4 and lower support Complete support DirectX 9.0 and lower

WHQL-certified Windows 2000 / XP (for Windows 9x / ME versions please visit NVIDIA’s website for the latest update on drivers)

User’s Guide 1

Chapter 1

Others

TV-out

DVI-I (Optional)

VIVO (Optional)

Package Contents

1.GeForce FX5900 XT Series VGA card

2.User's Guide

3.Driver Pack

-Windows 2000/XP drivers (for Windows 9x / ME versions please visit NVIDIA’s website or see later update on drivers)

-3Deep (Optional)

-WinDVD 6 Channel

-WinDVD Creator

-WinRip

4.WinProducer 3.0 (Optional)

5.MDK2

6.Game Pack (5 in 1)

-Age of Wonders2

-Serious Sam2

-Rally Trophy

-Max Panye

-Tropico

7.S-Video to S-Video cable

8.S-Video to AV cable (Optional)

9.DVI – I to VGA Adapter

10.Composite Cable (Optional)

11.VIVO cable (Optional)

System Requirements

Computer System

Intel Pentium® II or newer compatible CPU (Intel Pentium® III or AMD Athlon® or newer CPU’s recommended)

VGA/Super VGA monitor, supporting minimum 640x480 resolution. 64MB RAM or higher.

15MB HDD space.

CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Driver. DirectX 9.0 and lower.

Windows 2000 / XP operation system (for Windows 9x / ME versions please visit NVIDIA’s website or see later update on drivers)

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