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.

ATI Rage 128 VR

NVIDIA Riva TNT

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