ATI FireMV 2200 vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of ATI FireMV 2200 and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 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

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2006 vs 17 March 2003
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	259 vs 258
PassMark - G3D Mark	36 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 324 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 392 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 392 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireMV 2200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

259

258

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI FireMV 2200	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G2D Mark	259	258
PassMark - G3D Mark	36	34

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireMV 2200	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Rankine
Code name	RV370	NV35
Launch date	1 January 2006	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	659	660
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	324 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.296 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.136 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	392 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR