EVGA (256-A8-N313-LX) GeForce FX5500 256MB TV/DVI

by EVGA

Product Details

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• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• ASIN: B0002F8SOS
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 9, 2004

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

136 of 138 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great low cost card for the newest games!, November 17, 2004

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J. Allgood (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EVGA (256-A8-N313-LX) GeForce FX5500 256MB TV/DVI (Personal Computers)

I received the City of Heroes DVD Edition for my birthday and had to get a video card so that my computer could run the game. This little card offers a lot of bang for the buck!

It is AGP 3 (8x) compliant, but was completely backward compatable with my AGP 2 slot. Even though it's working at the lower AGP 2 (4x) standard, graphics are still crisp and fast. It would be even more so in an AGP 3 slot.

Even though it's labeled "System Builder Version", the install was a breeze as well. My computer was up and running again in just a few minutes.

I would highly recommend this card to anyone on a budget who needs a graphics upgrade to play the newest games.

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great card, May 27, 2005

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Richard H. Milbourn "Gaming Wizard" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EVGA (256-A8-N313-LX) GeForce FX5500 256MB TV/DVI (Personal Computers)

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

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work so well with larger digital monitors, July 19, 2006

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Bob Bressler (Napa Valley) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EVGA (256-A8-N313-LX) GeForce FX5500 256MB TV/DVI (Personal Computers)

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.