ATI Radeon X1700 FSC vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1700 FSC and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • Around 54% higher memory clock speed: 1390 MHz vs 900 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 44 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed 1390 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 587 MHz
  • 14.3x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 2.348 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 587 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 2.348 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1700 FSC
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Name ATI Radeon X1700 FSC NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 471
PassMark - G2D Mark 55
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3346

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X1700 FSC NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Essentials

Architecture R500 Tesla
Code name RV535 G92
Launch date 5 November 2007 29 October 2007
Place in performance rating not rated 1380
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Core clock speed 587 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 65 nm
Texture fill rate 2.348 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 44 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 330 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 112

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 9.0c 10.0
OpenGL 2.0 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 22.24 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1390 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit

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