ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT vs ATI Radeon X1900 XTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT and ATI Radeon X1900 XTX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 743 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 11.89 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1550 MHz

Launch date	14 May 2007 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed	743 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	11.89 GTexel / s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 1550 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 XTX

Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 135 Watt vs 215 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt vs 215 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 XTX

Name	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT	ATI Radeon X1900 XTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	397

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT	ATI Radeon X1900 XTX
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	R600	R580
Launch date	14 May 2007	1 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$399
Place in performance rating	408	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	743 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	11.89 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 Watt	135 Watt
Transistor count	720 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	106.0 GB / s	49.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz	1550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3