NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-8x vs ATI FireGL X1-128

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-8x and ATI FireGL X1-128 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 MX 440-8x

ATI FireGL X1-128

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-8x

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later

Launch date	25 September 2002 vs 1 July 2002

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-128

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 2.6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.6 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-8x	ATI FireGL X1-128
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rage 8
Code name	NV18 A2	R300
Launch date	25 September 2002	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	9.0
OpenGL	1.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	32 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR