ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI vs ATI Radeon 9550 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI and ATI Radeon 9550 SE 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 SE PCI

ATI Radeon 9550 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI

800x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550 SE

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI	ATI Radeon 9550 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 8
Code name	RV280	RV350
Launch date	1 March 2003	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0
OpenGL	1.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR