NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 200 vs Matrox G550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 200 and Matrox G550 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 G550

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
2.3x more texture fill rate: 572 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s

Launch date	6 February 2001 vs 1 January 2001
Core clock speed	143 MHz vs 125 MHz
Texture fill rate	572 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 200	Matrox G550
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	G500
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	250.0 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	2 Watt
Transistor count	20 million	10 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	7.0	8.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR