ATI Radeon X1950 XT vs ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1950 XT and ATI Radeon X1950 XTX 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 XT

ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XT

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 96 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 10.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1950 XT	ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
Essentials
Architecture	R500	R500
Code name	R580+	R580+
Launch date	17 October 2006	17 October 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	10 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	96 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	384 million	384 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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		230 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR4