GeForce4 Ti 4200-8X vs Radeon HD 2600 PRO

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking1175not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameRV630NV28 A1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date28 June 2007 (16 years ago)6 February 2002 (22 years ago)
Current price$100 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores120no data
Core clock speed600 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors390 million36 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.8002.000
Floating-point performance144 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR2SDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.0 (10_0)8.1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 6 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 150 nm

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