Beyond3D takes a full look at the GeForce FX 5700 Ultra which steps up NVIDIA's mainstream performance and features.
GeForce FX 5700 is the mainstream refresh of GeForce FX 5600 Ultra. The refresh is the mainstream equivalent of NV30 to NV35 in that the basic configuration stays the same but the main thrust being that the integer shader units have been replace with small floating point units, there have been optimisations for the Intellisample image quality options and the addition of UltraShadow. Although the pixel pipeline configuration remains the same as NV31, albeit with the replacement of the integer units for float ALU's, the entire vertex engine from NV30 / NV35 has been lifted and included in the NV36 chip for GeForce FX 5700.Read more
