NVIDIA GeForce 6200 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6200 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Launch date	16 January 2008 vs 17 March 2003
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 280 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.12 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 280 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.12 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark		17
PassMark - G2D Mark		122

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rankine
Code name	NV44 A2	NV31 A1
Launch date	16 January 2008	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1293
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	280 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.12 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	75 million	80 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm	191 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.1	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR