ATI Radeon X1900 XTX vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1900 XTX 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 XTX

  • Around 86% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 350 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 10.4 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 55% higher memory clock speed: 1550 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate 10.4 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 1550 MHz vs 1000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1900 XTX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Name ATI Radeon X1900 XTX NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 192
PassMark - G2D Mark 72

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X1900 XTX NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

Essentials

Architecture R500 Curie
Code name R580 NV40 A1
Launch date 1 January 2006 8 December 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $249
Place in performance rating not rated 1494
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 650 MHz 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 90 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 10.4 GTexel / s 5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 135 Watt
Transistor count 384 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
Length 242 mm
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 49.6 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1550 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3