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).

ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

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
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
Essentials
Architecture	R400	TeraScale
Code name	R420	R600
Launch date	8 November 2007	6 November 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	780
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0b	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
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