NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2 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 FX 5200 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI

960x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 140 nm vs 150 nm
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV34 A2	NV34 B1
Launch date	6 March 2003	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	140 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	45 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	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0a
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR