ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition vs ATI Radeon X1300

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition and ATI Radeon X1300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition

ATI Radeon X1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 450 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm

Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300

Name	ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition	ATI Radeon X1300
PassMark - G3D Mark		58
PassMark - G2D Mark		237

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition	ATI Radeon X1300
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R500
Code name	R423	RV516
Launch date	28 October 2005	5 October 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	739
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR