NVIDIA Vanta LT vs ATI Rage XL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Vanta LT and ATI Rage XL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA Vanta LT

ATI Rage XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Vanta LT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 210.0 MTexel / s vs 125.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 250 nm vs 350 nm
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 100 MHz vs 83 MHz

Launch date	1 March 2000 vs 1 August 1998
Texture fill rate	210.0 MTexel / s vs 125.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm vs 350 nm
Memory clock speed	100 MHz vs 83 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Rage XL

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 125 MHz vs 105 MHz

Core clock speed	125 MHz vs 105 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Vanta LT	ATI Rage XL
Essentials
Architecture	Fahrenheit
Code name	NV5 B5	Rage XL
Launch date	1 March 2000	1 August 1998
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	105 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	250 nm	350 nm
Texture fill rate	210.0 MTexel / s	125.0 MTexel / s
Transistor count	15 million	8 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 2x	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	6.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.2	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 MB	8 MB
Memory bandwidth	800 MB / s	664 MB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	100 MHz	83 MHz
Memory type	SDR	SDR