ATI FireGL Z1-128 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 MX + nForce2

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL Z1-128 and NVIDIA GeForce4 MX + nForce2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI FireGL Z1-128

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX + nForce2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL Z1-128

Around 63% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 200 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 200 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL Z1-128	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX + nForce2
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Celsius
Code name	R300	Crush17
Launch date	1 October 2002	1 October 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR