NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP vs ATI FireMV 2250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP and ATI FireMV 2250 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 7600 GT AGP

ATI FireMV 2250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP

2.8x more texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2250

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 560 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 40 Watt

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	32 Watt vs 40 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2250

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP	ATI FireMV 2250
PassMark - G3D Mark		46
PassMark - G2D Mark		290

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP	ATI FireMV 2250
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G73	RV516
Launch date	8 January 2007	1 January 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	599
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	560 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	32 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x S-Video, 1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2