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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra

  • Around 54% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • 3.1x more texture fill rate: 4 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 54% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate 4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

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

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) $399

Technical info

Core clock speed 325 MHz 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s 4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 45 million 125 million

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 16 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 650 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type DDR GDDR2