ATI All-In-Wonder X800 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Comparative analysis of ATI All-In-Wonder X800 GT and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI All-In-Wonder X800 GT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 980 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 84 vs 35
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 September 2004 vs 12 May 2003
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed 980 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 84 vs 35

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 188 vs 186
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 188 vs 186

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI All-In-Wonder X800 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
84
35
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
186
188
Name ATI All-In-Wonder X800 GT NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900
PassMark - G3D Mark 84 35
PassMark - G2D Mark 186 188

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI All-In-Wonder X800 GT NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

Essentials

Architecture R400 Rankine
Code name R430 NV35
Launch date 21 September 2004 12 May 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $399
Place in performance rating 936 937
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s 3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 160 million 135 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None 1x Molex
Length 218 mm

API support

DirectX 9.0b 9.0a
OpenGL 2.0 1.5 (2.1)

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 15.68 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 980 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR