NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 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 5500

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
460x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 140 nm vs 150 nm
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2004 vs 6 February 2002
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8 vs 6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 230 MHz
2.5x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 230 MHz
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	154 vs 152

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

154

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
PassMark - G3D Mark	8	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	154

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Kelvin
Code name	NV34 B1	NV25 A3
Launch date	17 March 2004	6 February 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$36.99
Place in performance rating	1092	1094
Price now	$36.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.30
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / 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
Length	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	200 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR