NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300 vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300 and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300

263.2x more texture fill rate: 500 MTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	500 MTexel / s vs 1.9 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950

Around 90% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 250 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
2.9x more memory clock speed: 950 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	950 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 4300	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rankine
Code name	NV19	NV38 A1
Launch date	19 February 2004	17 February 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	500 MTexel / s	1.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	135 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		57 Watt
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	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	9.0a
OpenGL	1.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	30.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	950 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3