ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP vs ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP and ATI Radeon X800 VE 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 X700 PRO AGP

ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 944 MHz vs 796 MHz

Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	944 MHz vs 796 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP

2x more texture fill rate: 6.8 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Texture fill rate	6.8 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X700 PRO AGP	ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	RV410	R420
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.4 GTexel / s	6.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count	120 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	15.1 GB / s	25.47 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	944 MHz	796 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3