GeForce 256 SDR and Rage XL - video card comparison
GeForce 256 SDR
Rage XL
Architecture
Celsius (1999−2005)
Rage 3 (1997−1998)
GPU code name
NV10 A3
Rage 3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 1999
August 1998
Interface
AGP 4x
PCI
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
120 MHz
125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
220 nm
350 nm
Number of transistors
17 million
8 million
Texture fill rate
0.48
0.13
Memory type
SDR
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
32 MB
8 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
143 MHz
83 MHz
Memory bandwidth
1.144 GB/s
664.0 MB/s
Display Connectors
1x VGA
1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
7.0
6.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.2
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A