ATI Radeon X700 XT vs ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X700 XT 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 XT

ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 XT

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 796 MHz

Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz vs 796 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP

Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 6.8 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB

Texture fill rate	6.8 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X700 XT	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	475 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	3.8 GTexel / s	6.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	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	16.8 GB / s	25.47 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz	796 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3