ATI Radeon X740 XL vs ATI Radeon X850 XT AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X740 XL and ATI Radeon X850 XT AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X740 XL

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT AGP

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 425 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 8.32 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1080 MHz vs 900 MHz
Core clock speed 520 MHz vs 425 MHz
Texture fill rate 8.32 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1080 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X740 XL ATI Radeon X850 XT AGP

Essentials

Architecture R400 R400
Code name RV410 R481
Launch date 7 March 2005 28 February 2005
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 425 MHz 520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 3.4 GTexel / s 8.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count 120 million 160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 69 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA 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 14.4 GB / s 34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1080 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

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