ATI Radeon X1700 SE vs ATI Radeon X1050 AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1700 SE and ATI Radeon X1050 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 X1700 SE

ATI Radeon X1050 AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1700 SE

2x more core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 250 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 406 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 406 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1050 AGP

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1700 SE	ATI Radeon X1050 AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 9
Code name	RV560	RV360
Launch date	30 November 2007	25 November 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	4 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	24 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	406 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR