ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP

  • Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 150 Watt
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s vs 5.1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 400 MHz
Core clock speed 425 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 SDI

Essentials

Architecture R400 Curie
Code name R430 NV41
Launch date 1 May 2004 19 April 2004
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $4,999

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 6.4 GTexel / s 5.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 160 million 222 million

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 6-pin

API support

DirectX 9.0b 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 32.0 GB / s 32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

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