ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP and NVIDIA GeForce 7800 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Texture fill rate 8 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Name ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 244
PassMark - G2D Mark 273

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Essentials

Architecture R400 Curie
Code name R481 G70
Launch date 4 September 2005 11 August 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $279 $449
Place in performance rating not rated 596
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $80
Value for money (0-100) 3.16

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm 110 nm
Texture fill rate 6 GTexel / s 8 GTexel / s
Transistor count 160 million 302 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt

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
Length 226 mm

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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