VIA Castle Rock vs NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Comparative analysis of VIA Castle Rock and NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

VIA Castle Rock

NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the VIA Castle Rock

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later

Launch date	1 January 2003 vs 15 November 2002

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

4x more pipelines: 4 vs 1

Pipelines	4 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: VIA Castle Rock
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go

Name	VIA Castle Rock	NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark		4
PassMark - G2D Mark		173

Compare specifications (specs)

	VIA Castle Rock	NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
Essentials
Code name	CLE266	NV28M
Launch date	1 January 2003	15 November 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	995
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	2 MHz	2 MHz
Pipelines	1	4
Boost clock speed		200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		150 nm
Memory
Shared memory	yes	0
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bus width		200 Bit
Memory type		128
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX		DDR