ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon 9250 PCI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition and ATI Radeon 9250 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition

  • Around 72% higher core clock speed: 412 MHz vs 240 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 83% higher memory clock speed: 730 MHz vs 400 MHz
Core clock speed 412 MHz vs 240 MHz
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 730 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9250 PCI

  • 290.9x more texture fill rate: 960 MTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate 960 MTexel / s vs 3.3 GTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition ATI Radeon 9250 PCI

Essentials

Architecture Rage 9 Rage 7
Code name R360 RV280
Launch date 14 March 2004 1 March 2004
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 412 MHz 240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 3.3 GTexel / s 960 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt
Transistor count 117 million 36 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP Pro 8x PCI
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 9.0 8.1
OpenGL 2.0 1.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 23.36 GB / s 3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 730 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR

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