ATI Radeon 9250 PCI vs ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9250 PCI and ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP 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 9250 PCI

ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250 PCI

120x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s vs 8 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP

2.1x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 240 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9250 PCI	ATI Radeon X800 XT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	R400
Code name	RV280	R420
Launch date	1 March 2004	1 March 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	240 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	960 MTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	36 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		54 Watt
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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	8.1	9.0b
OpenGL	1.4	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	3.2 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3