ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1 and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 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 2400 PCIe x1

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 283 vs 273

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2008 vs 11 August 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	283 vs 273

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

4x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
22.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 244 vs 11

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	244 vs 11

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

273

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

Name	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	283	273
PassMark - G3D Mark	11	244

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireMV 2400 PCIe x1	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	Curie
Code name	RV380	G70
Launch date	1 January 2008	11 August 2005
Place in performance rating	595	596
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$80
Value for money (0-100)		3.16
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	75 million	302 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VHDCI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm	226 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3