ATI Radeon DDR MAXX vs NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon DDR MAXX and NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS 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 DDR MAXX

NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon DDR MAXX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 366 MHz vs 332 MHz

Launch date	1 June 2000 vs 26 April 2000
Memory clock speed	366 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm

Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon DDR MAXX	NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Celsius
Code name	Rage 6	NV15 A5
Launch date	1 June 2000	26 April 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	183 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	150 nm
Transistor count	30 million	25 million
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Memory clock speed	366 MHz	332 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		32 MB
Memory bandwidth		5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		DDR