ATI Radeon 7000 PCI vs ATI Radeon VE PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 7000 PCI and ATI Radeon VE PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon 7000 PCI

ATI Radeon VE PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon VE PCI

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 183 MHz vs 133 MHz
Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 399 MTexel / s
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 366 MHz vs 266 MHz

Core clock speed	183 MHz vs 133 MHz
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 399 MTexel / s
Memory clock speed	366 MHz vs 266 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 7000 PCI	ATI Radeon VE PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Rage 6
Code name	RV100	Rage 6
Launch date	19 February 2001	19 February 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	133 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	399 MTexel / s	549 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	30 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.128 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	266 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR