NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR vs ATI Rage Mobility-M3

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR and ATI Rage Mobility-M3 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-M3

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
4x more maximum memory size: 32 MB vs 8 MB
Around 36% higher memory clock speed: 143 MHz vs 105 MHz

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 8 MB
Memory clock speed	143 MHz vs 105 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR	ATI Rage Mobility-M3
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rage 4
Code name	NV10 A3	M3
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 2x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	8 MB
Memory bandwidth	1.144 GB / s	840 MB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	143 MHz	105 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR