VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO

Comparative analysis of VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8 and NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support.

VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8

NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO

Compare specifications (specs)

	VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8	NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO
Essentials
Launch date	1 January 2001	5 December 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		Celsius
Code name		NV15 A5
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Technical info
Boost clock speed	121 MHz
Core clock speed		200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology		150 nm
Texture fill rate		1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count		25 million
Memory
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 4x
Length		183 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		7.0
OpenGL		1.2