NVIDIA Quadro vs ATI Rage 128 GL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro and ATI Rage 128 GL 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

ATI Rage 128 GL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 135 MHz vs 80 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 540 MTexel / s vs 160.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 220 nm vs 250 nm
2.8x more memory clock speed: 166 MHz vs 60 MHz

Launch date	1 January 1999 vs 1 August 1998
Core clock speed	135 MHz vs 80 MHz
Texture fill rate	540 MTexel / s vs 160.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	220 nm vs 250 nm
Memory clock speed	166 MHz vs 60 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro	ATI Rage 128 GL
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius
Code name	NV10 A3	Rage 128 GL
Launch date	1 January 1999	1 August 1998
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	135 MHz	80 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	220 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	540 MTexel / s	160.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	17 million	8 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 2x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	960 MB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	166 MHz	60 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR