NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-8x vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-8x and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 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

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-8x

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
3x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	25 September 2002 vs 3 March 2001
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400

727.3x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-8x	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Celsius
Code name	NV18 A2	NV11 B2
Launch date	25 September 2002	3 March 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	32 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR