NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI vs ATI All-In-Wonder 2006 Edition AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI and ATI All-In-Wonder 2006 Edition AGP 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 NVS 55 PCI

ATI All-In-Wonder 2006 Edition AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 400 MHz vs 392 MHz

Launch date	31 May 2005 vs 29 April 2005
Memory clock speed	400 MHz vs 392 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI All-In-Wonder 2006 Edition AGP

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 324 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 1.296 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB

Core clock speed	324 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.296 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI	ATI All-In-Wonder 2006 Edition AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 8
Code name	NV34 B1	RV350
Launch date	31 May 2005	29 April 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	324 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	140 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	45 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	9.0
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	1.6 GB / s	6.27 GB / s
Memory bus width	32 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	392 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR