NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR vs ATI Rage Fury MAXX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR and ATI Rage Fury MAXX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

ATI Rage Fury MAXX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 220 nm vs 250 nm

Manufacturing process technology	220 nm vs 250 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Rage Fury MAXX

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 125 MHz vs 120 MHz
4.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 480 MTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 32 MB vs 32 MB

Core clock speed	125 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 480 MTexel / s
Maximum memory size	2x 32 MB vs 32 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR	ATI Rage Fury MAXX
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rage 4
Code name	NV10 A3	Rage 4
Launch date	11 October 1999	1 October 1999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	120 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	220 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s	2x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	17 million	8 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	2x 32 MB
Memory bandwidth	1.144 GB / s	2x 1.144 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	143 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR