ATI Radeon 9000 PRO vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9000 PRO and ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 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 9000 PRO

ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
38.7x more texture fill rate: 4x 2.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
8x more maximum memory size: 4x 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 550 MHz

Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	4x 2.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	4x 128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 550 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9000 PRO	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 8
Code name	RV250	R300
Launch date	1 July 2002	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	4x 2.6 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt
Transistor count	36 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0
OpenGL	1.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	4x 128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB / s	4x 19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	4x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR