NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 vs ATI Radeon LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420 and ATI Radeon LE 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 + nForce 420

ATI Radeon LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 175 MHz vs 148 MHz

Launch date	4 June 2001 vs 1 May 2001
Core clock speed	175 MHz vs 148 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX + nForce 420	ATI Radeon LE
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rage 6
Code name	Crush11	Rage 6
Launch date	4 June 2001	1 May 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	175 MHz	148 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Transistor count	20 million	30 million
Texture fill rate		888 MTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		32 MB
Memory bandwidth		4.74 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		296 MHz
Memory type		DDR