NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

GeForce2 Ultra videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 14 August 2000. At the time of release, the videocard cost $499. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Celsius microarchitecture codenamed NV15 A4.

Core clock speed - 250 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 180 nm. Transistors count - 25 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 64 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 460 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 7.36 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
147
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
6
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 147
PassMark - G3D Mark 6

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Celsius
Code name NV15 A4
Launch date 14 August 2000
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Place in performance rating 1119
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 180 nm
Texture fill rate 2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 25 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 4x
Length 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 7.0
OpenGL 1.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 460 MHz
Memory type DDR