NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 200 vs Matrox G450 x4 MMS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 200 and Matrox G450 x4 MMS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 200

Matrox G450 x4 MMS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 143 MHz vs 125 MHz

Launch date	6 February 2001 vs 1 January 2001
Core clock speed	143 MHz vs 125 MHz

Reasons to consider the Matrox G450 x4 MMS

7.4x more texture fill rate: 4x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 572 MTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 4x 32 MB vs 32 MB

Texture fill rate	4x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec vs 572 MTexel / s
Maximum memory size	4x 32 MB vs 32 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 200	Matrox G450 x4 MMS
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	G400
Code name	NV11 B2	Condor
Launch date	6 February 2001	1 January 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	143 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	572 MTexel / s	4x 250.0 MTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	2 Watt
Transistor count	20 million	10 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	PCI
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	4x 32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	4x 2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	4x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR