ATI FireGL 8700 vs ATI FireGL 8800

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL 8700 and ATI FireGL 8800 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI FireGL 8700

ATI FireGL 8800

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL 8800

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 580 MHz vs 540 MHz

Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	580 MHz vs 540 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL 8700	ATI FireGL 8800
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 7
Code name	R200	R200
Launch date	14 August 2001	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	60 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.4	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.64 GB / s	9.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	540 MHz	580 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR