ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP
- 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 150 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 40 Watt vs 150 Watt |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
- Around 27% higher core clock speed: 601 MHz vs 473 MHz
- Around 26% higher texture fill rate: 7.21 GTexel / s vs 5.7 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
- Around 62% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 986 MHz
Core clock speed | 601 MHz vs 473 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 7.21 GTexel / s vs 5.7 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 130 nm |
Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 986 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Name | ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP | ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 292 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 344 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2648 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2648 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP | ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | R400 | TeraScale |
Code name | R420 | R600 |
Launch date | 8 November 2007 | 6 November 2007 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 778 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 473 MHz | 601 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 80 nm |
Texture fill rate | 5.7 GTexel / s | 7.21 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 40 Watt | 150 Watt |
Transistor count | 160 million | 720 million |
Floating-point performance | 288.48 gflops | |
Pipelines | 240 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex | 1x 8-pin |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0b | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 31.55 GB / s | 51.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 986 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |