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FX5500-TD256
On-board Memory

    256MB DDR SDRAM
On-board Function

   TV-out (S-Video connector)
   DVI Connector
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Overview


GeforceFX 5500 Chipset Features

CineFX Shading Architecture
• Support for DX 9.0 Pixel/Vertex Shader 2.0+.
• Very long pixel programs up to 1024 instructions.
• Very long vertex programs with up to 256 static instructions and up to 65536 instructions
  executed before termination.
• Looping and subroutines with up to 256 loops per vertex program.
• Subroutines in shader programs.
• Dynamic flow control.
• Conditional write masking.
• Conditional execution.
• Procedural shading.
• Full instruction set for vertex and pixel programs.
• Z-correct bump-mapping.
• Hardware-accelerated shadow effects with shadow buffers.
• Two-sided stencil.
• Programmable matrix palette skinning.
• Keyframe animation.
• Custom lens effects: fish eye, wide angle, fresnel effects, water refraction.

High-Performance, High-Precision, 3D Rendering Engine
• 4 pixels per clock rendering engine.
• 128-bit, studio-quality floating point precision through the entire graphics pipeline.
• Native support for 128-bit floating point, 64-bit floating point and 32-bit integer rendering
   modes.
• Up to 16 textures per pass.
• Support for sRGB texture format for gamma textures.
• DirectX and S3TC texture compression.

High-Performance 2D Rendering Engine
• Optimized for 32-, 24-, 16-, 15- and 8-bpp modes.
• True-color, 64x64 hardware cursor with alpha.
• Multi-buffering (double, triple or quad) for smooth animation and video playback.

Intellisample Technology
• Blistering-fast antialiasing performance.
• Adaptive texture filtering.
• Advanced loss-less compression algorithms for both color and Z data.
• Fast Z-clear

Advanced Display Pipeline with Full nView Capabilities
• Dual, 400MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048x1536@85Hz.
• Integrated NTSC/PAL TV encoder support resolutions up to 1024x768 without the need for
   panning with built-in Macrovisioncopy protection.
• NVIDIA NVRotate™ application for advanced viewing flexibility
• NVIDIA NVKeystone™ application for advanced display correction

Digital Vibrance control (DVC) 3.0
• DVC color controls.
• DVC image sharpening controls.

Operation Systems and API support

• Windows® XP / 2000
• Complete DirectX support, including DirectX 9.0 and lower.
• Full OpenGL 1.4 and lower

Compatibility

• NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
• Fully compliant professional OpenGL 1.4 API with NVIDIA extensions, on all Windows
   operating systems
• WHQL-certified for Windows® XP, Windows® 2000


Bundle MSI developed software

 • MSI Live Update Series (Live VGA BIOS & Live VGA Driver)

  Automatically online download & update VGA BIOS & Drivers, reduce the risk of getting the wrong files, and never have the trouble on web site searching.
 • GoodMem
  Automatically release the system memory space, reduce the risk of system hang-up.
 • LockBox
  Instantly enter the data lock mode when you must leave your system for a while.
 • WMIinfo
  Automatically list the detail system configuration, it helpful for engineering service people.
 • ThinSoft BeTwin
 • MSI Secure DOC
 • E-Color
 • Adobe Acrobat Reader
 • Trend Micro PC-Cillin
 • Microsoft® DirectX 9.0

Product Accessories


MSI Reminds You...
• The accessories will probably be different according to the different selling areas of product models. For details of accessories, please refer to the descriptions on the product package.

MSI Reminds You...

  1. The specifications may differ from areas and we keep the right to change without notice. Please check the specific Specification with your local dealers.
  2. The color of the product might be affected by photography and the monitor's setting, which might be different from the real product.

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Live Update 5

This is a single utility software that automatically checks BIOS, driver and utility updates and installs for you , which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating.
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D.O.T.

• 2% ~ 10% / 6-Scale Dynamic Overclocking Performance • Auto-Overclocking-Wise • Best and Easiest Optimization of the GPU & Memory Speed for the Maximum Performance • Detecting-Wise Frees You from Over-Heated & Over-Speed • Overclocking Speeds are MSI Stability Guarantee • Optimize for ALL MSI NX Graphic Card Series

Brief Specifications

 

The Specification may change without notice. The actual products sold are different from areas. Please check the detailed Specification with your local dealers.

 

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BIOS

Driver

XP 64,XP 32,Win 2000,Win 98,Win 98 SE,Win Me

!Special Note:

The Drivers provided here are exclusively for MSI products only. MSI takes no responsibility for any damage resulted from improper usage or lack of technical expertise.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
NVIDIA VGA Driver 71.84 for Win XP 64bit
Description • WHQL pass for Microsoft Windows XP 64bit Professional Edition
• For the detail supported models please check the mode.txt file


Warning: The 64-bit driver is in beta stage and may be unstable. Install at your own risk.

 Version
Type NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Release Date 2005-07-14
OS XP 64
Download v7184-MSI-xp-64bit-pro.zip File Size 32.65 MB
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NVIDIA VGA Driver 71.25 for Win XP/2000
Description • MSI official driver
• Supports NVIDIA GeForce FX & GeForce 6 series model
 Version
Type NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Release Date 2005-03-30
OS XP 32, Win 2000
Download nvidia_xp2k.v7125.zip File Size 0 MB
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NVIDIA VGA Driver 61.72
Description • MSI official driver
• Supports NVIDIA GeForce FX series & GeForce 6 series model
 Version
Type NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Release Date 2004-08-17
OS Win 98
Download nvidia_98me_v6172.zip File Size 0 MB
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NVIDIA VGA Driver 61.72
Description • MSI official driver
• Supports NVIDIA GeForce FX series & GeForce 6 series model
 Version
Type NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Release Date 2004-08-17
OS XP 32, Win 2000
Download nvidia_xp2k_v6172.zip File Size 0 MB
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NVIDIA VGA Driver 61.77 for Win XP/2000
Description • MSI official driver
• Supports NVIDIA GeForce FX series & GeForce 6 series model
 Version
Type NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Release Date 2004-08-17
OS XP 32, Win 2000
Download nvidia_xp2k_v6177.zip File Size 0 MB
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NVIDIA VGA Driver 61.21 for Win XP/2000
Description • MSI official driver
• Supports NVIDIA GeForce FX series & GeForce 6 series model
 Version
Type NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Release Date 2004-07-05
OS XP 32, Win 2000
Download NVIDIAv6121.zip File Size 0 MB
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NVIDIA VGA Driver 56.55 for Win ME/9x
Description • MSI standard driver
• Supports NVIDIA all series model
 Version
Type NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Release Date 2004-03-25
OS Win Me, Win 98 SE
Download 5655_9xme.zip File Size 0 MB
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NVIDIA VGA Driver 56.63 for Win XP/2000
Description • MSI standard driver
• Supports NVIDIA all series model
 Version
Type NVIDIA Graphics Drivers Release Date 2004-03-25
OS XP 32, Win 2000
Download 5663_xp2000.zip File Size 0 MB
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Utility

XP 32,Win 2000,Win 98,Win 98 SE,Win Me,Win 95

!Special Note:

The Utilities provided here are exclusively for MSI products only. MSI takes no responsibility for any damage resulted from improper usage or lack of technical expertise.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
MSI WMI Info
Description System Information Browser with Windows Management.
• Add hand cursor links
• Fix background color
Version 1.1.1.2
Type Utility Release Date 2004-04-19
OS XP 32, Win 2000, Win Me, Win 98 SE, Win 98, Win 95
Download WMIInfo.exe File Size 0.69 MB
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MSI GoodMem
Description GoodMEM is a program which helps you increase your physical system memory size , and monitors your memory usage.
 Version 1.0
Type Utility Release Date 2003-09-04
OS XP 32, Win 2000, Win Me, Win 98 SE, Win 98, Win 95
Download insgoodmem.exe File Size 0.14 MB
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Manual

!Special Note:

MSI™ provides user manuals (in PDF format) here for download. You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader (Adobe's WEB Site) to open them.

An easy guide for you to assemble your PC step by step, please refer to "Quick Installation Guide".


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Version Language File Size Download Release Date
Quick Installation Guide Multi-Language 1.99 MB M_VGA_Guide_v4.0.zip 2005-03-11
9.0 English 10.94 MB E_FX-series9.0.zip 2004-06-18
Lite 1.0 English 5.38 MB E_8911_FX5500_lite.zip 2004-04-06

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