Operating System Required Microsoft
Windows 98/ME Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
Min RAM Size 64 MB
Peripheral/Interface Devices CD-ROM
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The Sparkle GeForce FX 5500 Cards
deliver great performance and features at a good price. This card will
offer you cinematic quality effects along with studio quality colours,
with a reliable performance which has come to be expected of Sparkle and
Nvidia.
CineFX Engine
Powers cinematic effects beyond imagination. With advanced vertex
and pixel shader capabilities, stunning and complex special effects are
possible. In addition, increased horsepower delivers faster and smoother
gameplay.
High-Precision Graphics
By combining the incredible dynamic range of today's
state-of-the-art 3D motion pictures with 128-bit studio-precision
colour, the GeForce FX GPUs bring you the industrys best image quality
for the most demanding applications.
AGP 8X
Provides double the bandwidth of AGP 4X2.1GB/sec. vs. 1.1BG/sec. AGP
8X enables more complex models and detailed textures, creating richer
and more lifelike environments. Uninterrupted data flow allows for
smoother video streaming and faster, more seamless gameplay.
nView Multi-display Technology
The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers
maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides
unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience. NVIDIA GPUs
are enabled to support multi-displays, but graphics cards vary. Please
varify multi-display support in the graphics card before purchasing.
Digital Vibrance Control (DVC)
Allows the user to adjust colour controls digitally to compensate
for the lighting conditions of their workspace, in order to achieve
accurate, bright colours in all conditions. Currently this feature is
not available on Mac systems.
Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers.
Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products
work with the same driver software.
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Optimizations and Support
Ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all
DirectX 9 applications.
OpenGL 1.4 Optimizations and Support
Ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all
OpenGL applications.
Integrated TV Encoder
Provides best-of-class TV-out functionality for resolutions up to
1024x768.Integrated Full Hardware MPEG-2 DecoderDelivers full-frame,
full-screen MPEG-2 video on your desktop.
New 64-phase Video Scaler
Highest quality for scaling DVD and other video to full-screen HDTV
resolutions.
350MHz RAMDACs
Supports QXGA displays with ergonomic refresh rates.
Architected for Cg
Ensures that the newest, cutting-edge special effects in
applications will run flawlessly. Speeds up content creation so game
developers can get their new games out to PC users faster than ever
before.