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.

ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

ATI Radeon X1300 AGP

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