ATI Rage 128 VR vs NVIDIA Riva TNT

Comparative analysis of ATI Rage 128 VR and NVIDIA Riva TNT 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 Rage 128 VR

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 250 nm vs 350 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 32 MB vs 16 MB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 125 MHz vs 110 MHz
Launch date 1 August 1998 vs 23 March 1998
Manufacturing process technology 250 nm vs 350 nm
Maximum memory size 32 MB vs 16 MB
Memory clock speed 125 MHz vs 110 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Riva TNT

  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 90 MHz vs 80 MHz
  • Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 180.0 MTexel / s vs 160.0 MTexel / s
Core clock speed 90 MHz vs 80 MHz
Texture fill rate 180.0 MTexel / s vs 160.0 MTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Rage 128 VR NVIDIA Riva TNT

Essentials

Code name Rage 128 NV4
Launch date 1 August 1998 23 March 1998
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop
Architecture Fahrenheit

Technical info

Core clock speed 80 MHz 90 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 250 nm 350 nm
Texture fill rate 160.0 MTexel / s 180.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count 8 million 7 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x VGA 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 2x AGP 2x
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 6.0 5.0
OpenGL 1.2 1.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 16 MB
Memory bandwidth 1 GB / s 1.76 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 125 MHz 110 MHz
Memory type SDR SDR

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