ATI Radeon X1900 XTX vs ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1900 XTX 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 XTX

ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 XTX

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 10.4 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1550 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1550 MHz vs 1400 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition

Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 113 Watt vs 135 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	113 Watt vs 135 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1900 XTX	ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R580	R520
Launch date	1 January 2006	20 December 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 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	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	49.6 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1550 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3