NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP

The NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP is a legacy AGP 8x card built around the NV36 chip on NVIDIA’s Rankine architecture. Produced on a 130 nm TSMC process, it contains 82 million transistors on a 133 mm² die, for a transistor density of 616.5K / mm². The FACT PACK lists 128 MB DDR memory, a 64-bit bus, 3.200 GB/s bandwidth, 4 TMUs, 4 ROPs, a 1.700 GPixel/s pixel rate, and a 1.700 GTexel/s texture rate. It supports DirectX 9.0a and OpenGL 1.5 (full) with OpenGL 2.0 (partial), while Vulkan is null. The card is end-of-life, was released on 2004-08-31, uses a single-slot cooler, requires no power connectors, and carries a suggested PSU of 200 W. Its display outputs are 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmark data for this card is sparse. The benchmark array is empty, and the average benchmark score is 0. That 0 is not a measured performance result; it is the recorded average when no individual benchmark entries exist. The only ranking indicator in the FACT PACK is percentileVsAllGpus, which is 50. This places the card at the midpoint of the database’s all-GPU distribution, but with no benchmark scores and no nearestRivals entries, there are no percentage deltas to compare against any other product.

Without measured scores, the practical performance picture must be read from the fixed-function throughput limits in the FACT PACK. The pixel rate is 1.700 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 1.700 GTexel/s. These are equal values, which suggests a balanced relationship between the 4 ROPs and 4 TMUs. The card can theoretically push the same number of pixels as texels per second, so neither rendering nor texturing appears to be an obvious headroom advantage in the data. The memory clock is 200 MHz, with an effective data rate of 400 Mbps. That effective rate, combined with a 64-bit bus, yields the listed 3.200 GB/s bandwidth.

What does this imply for real workloads? At higher detail settings, textures and framebuffer operations both consume bandwidth and fill-rate resources. A 1.700 GTexel/s texture rate means the card can address a limited volume of texture samples per second. A 1.700 GPixel/s pixel rate similarly caps how quickly fragments can be written into the framebuffer. The absence of nearestRivals means those limits cannot be expressed as a lead or deficit against specific competitors. The data simply says: this is a fixed-throughput DirectX 9.0a-era card that sits at the 50th percentile in the database’s overall GPU distribution.

Memory Subsystem

The memory subsystem is defined by three core numbers: 128 MB of DDR memory, a 64-bit bus, and 3.200 GB/s bandwidth. The bus width is particularly important because bandwidth is the product of per-pin transfer rate and bus width. With a 64-bit path, the maximum transfer rate is already constrained before resolution or texture complexity is considered. The effective memory rate is 400 Mbps, which the FACT PACK lists alongside the 200 MHz memory clock. DDR memory allows data to be transferred on both edges of the clock signal, which is why the effective rate is stated separately from the base clock.

High resolutions place pressure on every part of this subsystem. Larger framebuffers mean more pixel data must be written and read each frame. Larger textures mean more data must be fetched per textured surface. With 3.200 GB/s available, the card cannot move enough data to sustain high-resolution, high-detail work without being limited by memory throughput. The 128 MB capacity is likewise a hard constraint on how much texture data, geometry data, and framebuffer data can be resident at once. Once working set exceeds 128 MB, performance would be expected to degrade because the GPU must fetch data from elsewhere in the system. The FACT PACK does not list a memory allocation strategy for AGP, but the capacity and bandwidth figures themselves define the subsystem’s ceiling. For high resolutions, the data points to a narrow, low-bandwidth memory interface rather than a high-throughput one.

Who Should Consider It

The data describes a card for older AGP 8x systems that need a DirectX 9.0a-capable GPU with modest fixed-function throughput. The 1.700 GPixel/s pixel rate and 1.700 GTexel/s texture rate are the limits of what this card can fill each second. Users who want to play light or older titles matching those specifications are the most realistic audience. The 128 MB DDR memory and 3.200 GB/s bandwidth suggest lower detail settings rather than high-resolution, high-texture environments.

The display outputs matter for compatibility. A 1x DVI output connects to digital monitors, a 1x VGA output connects to analog monitors, and a 1x S-Video output supports older TV displays. The single-slot form factor and lack of power connectors mean installation is simple from a mechanical and electrical standpoint, provided the host system has an AGP 8x slot. The suggested PSU is 200 W, so the card is not targeting systems with large power delivery expectations. The end-of-life production status means it is not a future-proofing choice; it is a compatibility and capability fit for the hardware generation it was released into.

FAQ

Q: Does the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP support hardware ray tracing?

A: No dedicated ray tracing hardware is listed. The FACT PACK records rtCores as null and tensorCores as null, so there is no data indicating RT core or tensor core support.

Q: What graphics APIs are supported?

A: The card supports DirectX 9.0a and OpenGL 1.5 (full), with OpenGL 2.0 (partial). Vulkan is listed as null, so no Vulkan support is recorded.

Q: How much memory and bandwidth does it have?

A: It has 128 MB of DDR memory on a 64-bit bus, with 3.200 GB/s bandwidth. The memory clock is 200 MHz, and the effective data rate is 400 Mbps.

Q: What power connectors are required?

A: The FACT PACK lists no power connectors. The suggested PSU is 200 W, and the card is single-slot. TDP is not listed.

Q: Is the card still in production?

A: No. The production status is end-of-life. Its release date is 2004-08-31, with predecessor GeForce 4 Ti and successor GeForce 6 AGP listed in the FACT PACK.

Q: What is the bus interface and what are the display outputs?

A: The bus interface is AGP 8x. The display outputs are 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals array in the FACT PACK is empty. There are no rival names, no scores, and no deltaPct values available for this card. Consequently, no percentage-based comparison to nearby products can be produced from the data. The only adjacent products named are the predecessor, GeForce 4 Ti, and the successor, GeForce 6 AGP, but the FACT PACK provides no benchmark scores for either one. The comparison situation is therefore a null result: the database records no measured competitors, and the 50th percentile is the only position this card occupies in the overall distribution.

Power and Cooling

The FACT PACK does not list a TDP for this card. It records no power connector requirement, which means the card draws its operating power from the AGP 8x slot and any additional limits defined by the system. The suggested PSU is 200 W, indicating a low overall system power expectation. The card is single-slot, which implies a simple cooling footprint that occupies only one expansion slot. Without a TDP figure, the thermal design cannot be quantified in watts, but the absence of auxiliary power connectors and the 200 W PSU guidance are the relevant electrical constraints in the data.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The feature set is defined more by its fixed-function capabilities than by modern acceleration hardware. The card has 4 TMUs and 4 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 1.700 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 1.700 GTexel/s. It has no RT cores and no tensor cores in the FACT PACK, so ray tracing and tensor acceleration are not part of the recorded feature set. The API list is DirectX 9.0a, OpenGL 1.5 (full), and OpenGL 2.0 (partial), with Vulkan listed as null. That API profile defines the software boundary of the card. The display outputs, 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video, complete the practical feature set, while the AGP 8x bus interface determines the host systems it can be installed into.