NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 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 Ultra Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 325 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 650 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rankine
Code name	NV34 A2	NV30
Launch date	6 March 2003	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	125 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		44 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP Pro 8x	AGP 8x
Length	171 mm	213 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	10.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR