ATI Radeon X1900 XT vs ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1900 XT and ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition 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 X1800 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 XT

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 10 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 113 Watt
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 113 Watt
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1900 XT	ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R580	R520
Launch date	1 January 2006	20 December 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$299
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	113 Watt
Transistor count	384 million	321 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	242 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	46.4 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1450 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3