ATI Radeon X1900 XT vs ATI Radeon 9550 SE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1900 XT and ATI Radeon 9550 SE 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 X1900 XT

ATI Radeon 9550 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 250 MHz
10x more texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	1 January 2006 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1900 XT	ATI Radeon 9550 SE
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Rage 8
Code name	R580	RV350
Launch date	1 January 2006	1 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	384 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
Length	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	46.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR