NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra vs ATI Rage Mobility-CL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra and ATI Rage Mobility-CL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra

ATI Rage Mobility-CL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 150 MHz vs 75 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 300.0 MTexel / s vs 75.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 250 nm vs 350 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 32 MB vs 8 MB
2.6x more memory clock speed: 183 MHz vs 70 MHz

Launch date	15 March 1999 vs 1 February 1999
Core clock speed	150 MHz vs 75 MHz
Texture fill rate	300.0 MTexel / s vs 75.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm vs 350 nm
Maximum memory size	32 MB vs 8 MB
Memory clock speed	183 MHz vs 70 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra	ATI Rage Mobility-CL
Essentials
Architecture	Fahrenheit	Rage 4
Code name	NV5 B5	Rage Mobility
Launch date	15 March 1999	1 February 1999
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	150 MHz	75 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm	350 nm
Texture fill rate	300.0 MTexel / s	75.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	15 million	4 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 2x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 2x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	6.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	8 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.928 GB / s	560 MB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	183 MHz	70 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR