ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

Around 71% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 9.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Name	ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark		192
PassMark - G2D Mark		72

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	R520	NV40 A1
Launch date	20 December 2005	8 December 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	1496
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	9.6 GTexel / s	5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	113 Watt
Transistor count	321 million	222 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	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	44.8 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3