ATI Radeon X800 GTO² vs ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 GTO² and ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition 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 GTO²

ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 67% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 980 MHz

Launch date	28 October 2005 vs 15 September 2005
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 980 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 GTO²	ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	R400	R400
Code name	R480	R423
Launch date	15 September 2005	28 October 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million	160 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	31.36 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	980 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3