ATI FireMV 2200 PCI vs ATI Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of ATI FireMV 2200 PCI and ATI Radeon 9700 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

ATI Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
436.4x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 37 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 153 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2006 vs 1 July 2002
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 37 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	153 vs 152

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 240 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
44x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 44 vs 1

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 240 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	540 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	44 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireMV 2200 PCI
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

152

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI	ATI Radeon 9700
PassMark - G2D Mark	153	152
PassMark - G3D Mark	1	44

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireMV 2200 PCI	ATI Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 8
Code name	RV280	R300
Launch date	1 January 2006	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1088	1090
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0
OpenGL	1.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	17.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR