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.

 

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
11
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 593 595
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