ATI Radeon 7000 PCI vs ATI Rage 128 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 7000 PCI and ATI Rage 128 PRO 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 Rage 128 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 133 MHz vs 118 MHz
Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 399 MTexel / s vs 236.0 MTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 180 nm vs 250 nm
Around 86% higher memory clock speed: 266 MHz vs 143 MHz

Launch date	19 February 2001 vs 1 August 1999
Core clock speed	133 MHz vs 118 MHz
Texture fill rate	399 MTexel / s vs 236.0 MTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm vs 250 nm
Memory clock speed	266 MHz vs 143 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 7000 PCI	ATI Rage 128 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	Rage 4
Code name	RV100	Rage 4
Launch date	19 February 2001	1 August 1999
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	133 MHz	118 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	250 nm
Texture fill rate	399 MTexel / s	236.0 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	30 million	8 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.128 GB / s	1.144 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	266 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR