ATI Radeon SDR PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon SDR PCI 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 SDR PCI

NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon SDR PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
622.5x more texture fill rate: 996.0 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Launch date	1 June 2000 vs 26 April 2000
Texture fill rate	996.0 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 166 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
2x more memory clock speed: 332 MHz vs 166 MHz

Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 166 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Memory clock speed	332 MHz vs 166 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon SDR PCI	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	166 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	996.0 MTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	30 million	25 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Length	165 mm
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	2.656 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	SDR	DDR