NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 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 FX 5200 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI

738.5x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 240 MHz
Around 96% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 240 MHz
Memory clock speed	650 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark		12
PassMark - G2D Mark		138

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV34 A2	NV34 A2
Launch date	6 March 2003	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1177
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	1.3 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	171 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
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	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR