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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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Core clock speed | 501 MHz | 175 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 180 nm |
Transistor count | 120 million | 20 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0b | 7.0 |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.2 |