NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 and NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR 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 400

NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 120 MHz
Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 480 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 180 nm vs 220 nm
Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 166 MHz vs 143 MHz

Launch date	3 March 2001 vs 11 October 1999
Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 120 MHz
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 480 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm vs 220 nm
Memory clock speed	166 MHz vs 143 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400	NVIDIA GeForce 256 SDR
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	NV11 B2	NV10 A3
Launch date	3 March 2001	11 October 1999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	220 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Transistor count	20 million	17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	1.144 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR