NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400 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 5900 Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 64% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 850 MHz vs 550 MHz
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 41 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 October 2003 vs 6 February 2002
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	850 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	41 vs 7

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

170

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
PassMark - G3D Mark	41	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	170	170

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Kelvin
Code name	NV35	NV25 A2
Launch date	23 October 2003	6 February 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	1010	1012
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.8 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt
Transistor count	135 million	63 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	218 mm	216 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	27.2 GB / s	4.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR