ATI Radeon VE PCI vs Matrox G450

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon VE PCI and Matrox G450 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 VE PCI

Matrox G450

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon VE PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 183 MHz vs 125 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 366 MHz vs 332 MHz

Launch date	19 February 2001 vs 1 January 2001
Core clock speed	183 MHz vs 125 MHz
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 250.0 MTexel / s
Memory clock speed	366 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon VE PCI	Matrox G450
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 6	G400
Code name	Rage 6	Condor
Launch date	19 February 2001	1 January 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	183 MHz	125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s	250.0 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	30 million	10 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		150 mm
API support
DirectX	7.0	6.0
OpenGL	1.3	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.928 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	366 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR