ATI FireMV 2200 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Comparative analysis of ATI FireMV 2200 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
960x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Launch date	1 January 2006 vs 6 March 2003
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 240 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 153
8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8 vs 1

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 240 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	154 vs 153
PassMark - G3D Mark	8 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

154

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	154
PassMark - G3D Mark	1	8

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rankine
Code name	RV280	NV34 A2
Launch date	1 January 2006	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1082	1083
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.99
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0a
OpenGL	1.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR