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.

 

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

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