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.

 

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

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