NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 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 GeForce2 MX 400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 240 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 800 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 332 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	6 March 2003 vs 3 March 2001
Core clock speed	240 MHz vs 200 MHz
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 800 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	332 MHz vs 166 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Celsius
Code name	NV34 A2	NV11 B2
Launch date	6 March 2003	3 March 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	7.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR