• The GeForce FX 5500 is a mainstream video card model in Nvidia's GeForce series. Originally, the GeForce series had been intended for high-end gaming use, however Nvidia produced models later in production to appeal to a wider audience. The GeForce FX 5500 model is intended for a more general computer use, rather than top-of-the-line gaming.
  
  

General Specifications

• The Geforce 5500 FX can render 1,080 megapixels (Mpx) per second, as well as a texture fill rate of 1,080 textured pixels per second. Texture fill rate is the rate at which the card can perform texture mapping (the process a graphics card uses to render 3D images on screen). The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 8X Interface may be hard to find on newer computers, having been phased out by Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) and PCI-Express ports.
  
  

GPU and Memory

• The GeForce FX 5500 uses the Nvidia NV34B graphics processing unit (GPU), which clocks at 270 MHz. The card has 256MB of double data rate (DDR) memory that runs at 200 MHz. The memory bus type is 128-bit and has a bandwidth of 6.4 GB/sec. Memory bandwidth refers to the speed that information can be sent to the memory, but this is limited by memory speed, which is the speed that the memory can process and store the information.
  
  

Output Ports

• There is both a video graphics array (VGA) and a digital visual interface (DVI) port so it can output in both analog and digital. The Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter (RAMDAC) operates at 350 Mhz when using analog output. Although there may be damage to the image when using analog out through the VGA port, not all monitors will support the digital output from the DVI port.