ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 vs NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 and NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL 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 9700 PRO X4

NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 220 MHz
8x more maximum memory size: 4x 128 MB vs 64 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 220 MHz

Launch date	1 July 2002 vs 23 April 2002
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 220 MHz
Maximum memory size	4x 128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 220 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL

20.7x more texture fill rate: 880 MTexel / s vs 4x 2.6 GTexel / s billion / sec

Texture fill rate	880 MTexel / s vs 4x 2.6 GTexel / s billion / sec

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4	NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Celsius
Code name	R300	NV17 A4
Launch date	1 July 2002	23 April 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	220 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	4x 2.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	880 MTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	29 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DVI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.0
OpenGL	2.0	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	4x 19.84 GB / s	3.52 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	620 MHz	220 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR