NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200 vs NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200 and NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO 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 MX 200

NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 175 MHz vs 143 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 700 MTexel / s vs 286.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 180 nm vs 250 nm

Launch date	3 March 2001 vs 12 October 1999
Core clock speed	175 MHz vs 143 MHz
Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s vs 286.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm vs 250 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO

Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 167 MHz vs 166 MHz

Memory clock speed	167 MHz vs 166 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200	NVIDIA Riva TNT2 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Fahrenheit
Code name	NV11 B2	NV5 B6
Launch date	3 March 2001	12 October 1999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	175 MHz	143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s	286.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	20 million	15 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	1.328 GB / s	2.672 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	167 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR