ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP vs ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP and ATI Radeon X1700 FSC 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 X800 GT AGP

ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP

2.4x more texture fill rate: 5.7 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 44 Watt

Texture fill rate	5.7 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 44 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 587 MHz vs 473 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 1390 MHz vs 986 MHz

Core clock speed	587 MHz vs 473 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	1390 MHz vs 986 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP	ATI Radeon X1700 FSC
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R500
Code name	R420	RV535
Launch date	8 November 2007	5 November 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	473 MHz	587 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	5.7 GTexel / s	2.348 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	44 Watt
Transistor count	160 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	31.55 GB / s	22.24 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	986 MHz	1390 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3