NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200 and NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200

NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200

Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 1.6 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s vs 1.2 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz

Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 200 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce4 Go 4200	NVIDIA Quadro4 580 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Kelvin	Celsius
Code name	NV28 A1	NV18 A4
Launch date	14 November 2002	12 November 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.6 GTexel / s	1.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR