ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory vs ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory 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 X300 SE HyperMemory

ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 325 MHz
8x more texture fill rate: 10.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 600 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.4 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 600 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory	ATI Radeon X1950 XTX
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	R500
Code name	RV370	R580+
Launch date	25 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	325 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	90 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	107 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		230 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	4.8 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR4