ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTO 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 PRO AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 81 Watt
Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1320 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt vs 81 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1320 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTO

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP	NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTO
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV535	G71
Launch date	15 October 2006	1 October 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	42.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1320 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3