NVIDIA Quadro DCC vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro DCC and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Quadro DCC

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro DCC

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 200 MHz vs 175 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 700 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 230 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	14 May 2001 vs 3 March 2001
Core clock speed	200 MHz vs 175 MHz
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 700 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	230 MHz vs 166 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro DCC	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200
Essentials
Architecture	Kelvin	Celsius
Code name	NV20 A5	NV11 B2
Launch date	14 May 2001	3 March 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	200 MHz	175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s	700 MTexel / s
Transistor count	57 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.68 GB / s	1.328 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	230 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR