NVIDIA GeForce 6200 vs Matrox G450 x4 MMS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6200 and Matrox G450 x4 MMS 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

Matrox G450 x4 MMS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 125 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 180 nm
Around 66% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 332 MHz

Launch date	11 October 2004 vs 1 January 2001
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 180 nm
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the Matrox G450 x4 MMS

3541.7x more texture fill rate: 4x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	4x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.2 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 6200
GPU 2: Matrox G450 x4 MMS

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 6200	Matrox G450 x4 MMS
PassMark - G3D Mark	37
PassMark - G2D Mark	31

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6200	Matrox G450 x4 MMS
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	G400
Code name	NV43 A2	Condor
Launch date	11 October 2004	1 January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99
Place in performance rating	1678	not rated
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.46
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	1.2 GTexel / s	4x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec
Transistor count	146 million	10 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
Length	191 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	6.0
OpenGL	2.1	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	4x 32 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB / s	4x 2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	4x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR