ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP 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 X1950 PRO DUAL

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 575 MHz vs 560 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 2x 6.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.72 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	575 MHz vs 560 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 6.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 6.72 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Curie
Code name	RV570	G73
Launch date	10 January 2007	8 January 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	2x 6.9 GTexel / s billion / sec	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	330 million	177 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	300 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	2x 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 44.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1380 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3