ATI Radeon X1650 XT Dual vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1650 XT Dual and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP 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 XT Dual

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 XT Dual

3.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 4.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 4.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 525 MHz

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 525 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1650 XT Dual	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	RV560	RV570
Launch date	30 October 2006	25 October 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	525 MHz	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 4.2 GTexel / s billion / sec	6.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count	330 million	330 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		66 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 22.4 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3