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.

ATI Radeon X740 XL

ATI Radeon X850 XT AGP

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