NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 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

NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 May 2003 vs 15 March 2003
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	35 vs 6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 190 vs 188

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	190 vs 188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

188

190

Name	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800
PassMark - G3D Mark	35	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	188	190

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Kelvin
Code name	NV35	NV28 A1
Launch date	12 May 2003	15 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	937	938
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	135 million	36 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 8x
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	128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR