ATI Radeon 9200 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 NPB 64M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9200 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 NPB 64M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon 9200 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 NPB 64M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Launch date	1 May 2003 vs 1 March 2003
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 NPB 64M

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 140 nm vs 150 nm
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	140 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 NPB 64M
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rankine
Code name	RV280	NV34 B1
Launch date	1 May 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	140 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0a
OpenGL	1.4	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR