NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra and NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 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 Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 175 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 63% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 March 2003 vs 1 October 2001
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 175 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12 vs 4

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200

Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 140 vs 138

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	1.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	140 vs 138

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

138

140

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200
PassMark - G3D Mark	12	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	138	140

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Kelvin
Code name	NV34 A2	NV20 A5
Launch date	6 March 2003	1 October 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	$149
Place in performance rating	1173	1176
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	57 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	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Length	171 mm	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	10.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	650 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR