NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 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

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 March 2003 vs 6 February 2002
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8 vs 6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

2x more texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	154	154

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Kelvin
Code name	NV34 A2	NV25 A3
Launch date	6 March 2003	6 February 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.99
Place in performance rating	1079	1080
Price now	$69.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	45 million	63 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR