ATI Radeon X1700 FSC vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1700 FSC and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS 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).

ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 587 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 44 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 1390 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	587 MHz vs 500 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1390 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

6.8x more texture fill rate: 16 GTexel / s 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

Texture fill rate	16 GTexel / s 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 8800M GTS

Name	ATI Radeon X1700 FSC	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark		382
PassMark - G2D Mark		159
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1989
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1989

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1700 FSC	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Tesla
Code name	RV535	G92
Launch date	5 November 2007	1 November 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1251
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	587 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	65 nm
Texture fill rate	2.348 GTexel / s	16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	44 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	754 million
CUDA cores		64
Floating-point performance		160 gflops
Pipelines		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-HE
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.24 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1390 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0