ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 IGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2.9x more core clock speed: 501 MHz vs 175 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 180 nm
Launch date 28 February 2007 vs 4 June 2001
Core clock speed 501 MHz vs 175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm vs 180 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 IGP NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420

Essentials

Architecture R400 Celsius
Code name RS600 Crush11
Launch date 28 February 2007 4 June 2001
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 501 MHz 175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 180 nm
Transistor count 120 million 20 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0b 7.0
OpenGL 2.0 1.2