Matrox G550 PCIe vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 PCI

Comparative analysis of Matrox G550 PCIe and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Matrox G550 PCIe

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the Matrox G550 PCIe

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later

Launch date	13 July 2005 vs 3 March 2001

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 PCI

Around 60% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 125 MHz
3.2x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s

Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 125 MHz
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox G550 PCIe	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	G500	Celsius
Code name	Condor	NV11 B2
Launch date	13 July 2005	3 March 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	125 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	250.0 MTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	10 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x1	PCI
Length	112 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	8.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.5	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR