Product Description

The NVIDIA® GeForce FX¿ 5500 Chip, is a GPU that will unleash stunning 3D worlds for the mainstream. Powered by the same advanced technology and features as the rest of the FX family, the e-GeForce FX 5500 delivers studio-quality color and amazing cinematic gaming effects. With 128MB or 256MB of video memory and the latest NVIDIA Technology, such as the CineFX Engine, and High-Precision Graphics, the e-GeForce FX 5500 offers a lot in a small package.

Product Details

• Brand: EVGA
• Model: 256-A8-N313-LX
• Released on: 2004-02-09
• Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 95, Windows 98
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• CineFX Engine
• Intellisample
• Multi-display Option
• Digital Vibrance Control
• MPEG2 Decode Acceleration

Customer Reviews

great card
We got this card for our new HP, because there were certain games I wanted to play like HL2, and Doom3. The preformance upgrade was like night and day over my MX400. It isn't top of the line, but running Doom 3 on 1024*768, 8x AA, and high video settings, I was able to score 23 fps on the time demo. When I overclocked this card to 320/450 opposed to hte standard 270/400, I saw on average, a 5-10 fps jump in all my games. After that, the only time HL2 lagged was when I was near water, and even then I could still score 25fps. Doom 3 shot up from 23fps to 28, which makes a large difference in gameplay smoothness. Overall, not the best card if your going to be gaming a lot, unless you plan to overclock. But still can handle todays generation of games very nicely, with room to spare. All together, 8 out of 10 stars.


My other specs-
AMD ATHLON 64 3300+ running at 2.4GHz
512MB COrsair PC3200
Maxtor 160GB 7200rpm hd
1024*768 16 inch LCD

Doesn't work so well with larger digital monitors
I recently purchased a new 21" LCD Samsung monitor (wide screen format), hoping to use the extra real estate on the screen. To my surprise, when using the DVI output of the FX 5500, the maximum screen resolution that you can select is 1280 x 1024. Since the native resolution of the monitor is 1680 x 1050, you either have to settle for very large characters or distorted, elongated characters.

Fortunately, if you use the Analog (VGA) output, the card will support resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 - which supports the monitor just fine. Unfortunately, this means that you are going from a digital image in the computer to a digital display through an analog connection, losing a little of the crispness that is possible.

So, if you plan to use a digital connection to your monitor, I would recommend a different video card.

Gray lines is a joke
Please don't listen to the guy complaining obout gray lines on his nVidia video card. The card he was using was a RIVA TNT card that came out in 1998. Get a life.

I have owned nVidia products for years with no problem. I have a PNY geforce2-ti-4200 now and have had no problems whatsoever period.

The problem is most likely a cheap manufacturer, since nVidia licenses its tech to 3rd parties for production. Buy the card from a reputable manufacturer like eVGA, ASUS, LeadTek, Chaintech, or MSI.

By the way, if you're looking for the best framerate, look elswhere, the 5200-5600 series were meant for a value market, not top-end gaming framerate. If you want to play Doom-3, and Halflife-2 best info I have is to buy at least a fx5900 ultra 256mb.