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Product comparison · 2 gpus

GIGABYTE GV-N55256D graphics card NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 vs MSI GeForce GTX 560 Twin Frozr II 1024MB

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  • 21specifications compared
  • 11differ
  • 10identical
  • 18known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI GeForce GTX 560 Twin Frozr II 1024MB has 0.75 GB more discrete graphics card memory than the GIGABYTE GV-N55256D graphics card NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (1 GB vs 0.25 GB). The MSI GeForce GTX 560 Twin Frozr II 1024MB has 128 bit more memory bus than the GIGABYTE GV-N55256D graphics card NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (256 bit vs 128 bit). The MSI GeForce GTX 560 Twin Frozr II 1024MB has 1 more DVI-I ports quantity than the GIGABYTE GV-N55256D graphics card NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (2 vs 1). Only the MSI GeForce GTX 560 Twin Frozr II 1024MB has PhysX. Only the MSI GeForce GTX 560 Twin Frozr II 1024MB has HDMI.

  • Graphics processor
    • GeForce FX 5500
    • GeForce GTX 560
  • Parallel processing technology support
    • Not supported
    • 2-Way SLI
  • Discrete graphics card memory
    • 0.25 GB
    • 1 GB
  • Graphics card memory type
    • GDDR
    • GDDR5
  • Memory bus
    • 128 bit
    • 256 bit
  • Interface type
    • AGP 8x
    • PCI Express x16
  • DVI-I ports quantity
    • 1
    • 2
  • VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
    • 1
    • 0

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39 specifications
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GIGABYTE

GV-N55256D graphics card NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Model GV-N55256D

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MSI

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Processor2 differ
Graphics processorDiffersGeForce FX 5500GeForce GTX 560
CUDAKnown for oneYes
Processor frequencyKnown for one870 MHz
Graphics card RAMDACKnown for one400 MHz
Parallel processing technology supportDiffersNot supported2-Way SLI
Maximum analog resolutionKnown for one2048 x 1536 pixels
Memory3 differ
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers0.25 GB1 GB
Graphics card memory typeDiffersGDDRGDDR5
Memory busDiffers128 bit256 bit
Memory clock speedKnown for one4080 MHz
Ports & interfaces3 differ
Interface typeDiffersAGP 8xPCI Express x16
DVI-I ports quantityDiffers12
Mini HDMI ports quantityKnown for one1
DVI ports quantityKnown for one2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers10
Performance2 differ
PhysXDiffersNoYes
DirectX versionDiffers9.011
OpenGL versionKnown for one4.1
HDCPKnown for oneYes
NVIDIA 3D VisionKnown for oneYes
Designidentical
Bracket heightKnown for oneFull-Height (FH)
Form factorKnown for oneFull-Height/Full-Length (FH/FL)
System requirementsidentical
Minimum system requirementsKnown for onePCI-E x16
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one705 g
LengthKnown for one238 mm
DepthKnown for one40 mm
HeightKnown for one112 mm
Other features1 differ
Mac compatibilityKnown for oneNo
HDMIDiffersNoYes

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