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.

ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

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	595
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