NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR vs ATI Rage Mobility 128

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR and ATI Rage Mobility 128 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 Mobility 128

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 120 MHz vs 105 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 210.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 220 nm vs 250 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 32 MB vs 16 MB

Core clock speed	120 MHz vs 105 MHz
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 210.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	220 nm vs 250 nm
Maximum memory size	32 MB vs 16 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Rage Mobility 128

Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 210 MHz vs 143 MHz

Memory clock speed	210 MHz vs 143 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR	ATI Rage Mobility 128
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rage 4
Code name	NV10 A3	M4
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	105 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	220 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s	210.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	17 million	8 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x DB13W3
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	16 MB
Memory bandwidth	1.144 GB / s	1.68 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	143 MHz	210 MHz
Memory type	SDR	DDR