VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Comparative analysis of VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8 and NVIDIA GeForce2 Go videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8

NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Differences

Reasons to consider the VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8

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

Launch date	1 January 2001 vs 11 November 2000

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Name	VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
PassMark - G2D Mark		95
PassMark - G3D Mark		4

Compare specifications (specs)

	VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8	NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
Essentials
Launch date	1 January 2001	11 November 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	1432
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		Celsius
Code name		NV11 B2
Technical info
Boost clock speed	121 MHz
Core clock speed		143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		180 nm
Texture fill rate		572 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		2 Watt
Transistor count		20 million
Memory
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		332 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 4x
API support
DirectX		7.0
OpenGL		1.2