ATI Radeon LE vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon LE and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200 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 LE

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 888 MTexel / s vs 700 MTexel / s
Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 296 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	1 May 2001 vs 3 March 2001
Texture fill rate	888 MTexel / s vs 700 MTexel / s
Memory clock speed	296 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 175 MHz vs 148 MHz

Core clock speed	175 MHz vs 148 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon LE	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Celsius
Code name	Rage 6	NV11 B2
Launch date	1 May 2001	3 March 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	148 MHz	175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	888 MTexel / s	700 MTexel / s
Transistor count	30 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	4.74 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	296 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR