ATI Rage XL vs NVIDIA Riva TNT

Comparative analysis of ATI Rage XL 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 XL

NVIDIA Riva TNT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Rage XL

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 125 MHz vs 90 MHz

Launch date	1 August 1998 vs 23 March 1998
Core clock speed	125 MHz vs 90 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Riva TNT

Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 180.0 MTexel / s vs 125.0 MTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 16 MB vs 8 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 110 MHz vs 83 MHz

Texture fill rate	180.0 MTexel / s vs 125.0 MTexel / s
Maximum memory size	16 MB vs 8 MB
Memory clock speed	110 MHz vs 83 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Rage XL	NVIDIA Riva TNT
Essentials
Code name	Rage XL	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	125 MHz	90 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	350 nm	350 nm
Texture fill rate	125.0 MTexel / s	180.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	8 million	7 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 2x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	6.0	5.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 MB	16 MB
Memory bandwidth	664 MB / s	1.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	83 MHz	110 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR