ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition vs ATI Radeon X1300 AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition and ATI Radeon X1300 AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

  • Around 33% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 5.3x more texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 500 MHz
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 9.6 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 500 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition ATI Radeon X1300 AGP

Essentials

Architecture R500 R500
Code name R520 RV515
Launch date 20 December 2005 1 December 2005
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 90 nm
Texture fill rate 9.6 GTexel / s 1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 113 Watt
Transistor count 321 million 107 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 1x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 44.8 GB / s 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz 500 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR

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