ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP 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 VE AGP

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP

4x more texture fill rate: 6.8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 99% higher memory clock speed: 796 MHz vs 400 MHz

Texture fill rate	6.8 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	796 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X800 VE AGP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 EP
Essentials
Architecture	R400	Rankine
Code name	R420	NV36 A1
Launch date	1 September 2004	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	425 MHz	425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.8 GTexel / s	1.7 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million	82 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	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0b	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.47 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	796 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR