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.

 

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
35
6
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 934 935
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