ATI Radeon X1650 AGP vs ATI Radeon Xpress X1200

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 AGP and ATI Radeon Xpress X1200 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 X1650 AGP

ATI Radeon Xpress X1200

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 AGP

2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon Xpress X1200

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650 AGP	ATI Radeon Xpress X1200
Essentials
Architecture	R500
Code name	RV530	RS690M
Launch date	1 February 2007	1 February 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	157 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Pipelines		4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2
Shared memory		yes