Matrox G550 PCIe vs ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory

Comparative analysis of Matrox G550 PCIe and ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Matrox G550 PCIe

ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory

Differences

Reasons to consider the Matrox G550 PCIe

156.3x more texture fill rate: 250.0 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	250.0 MTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory

3.2x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 125 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
Around 51% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 332 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	Matrox G550 PCIe	ATI Radeon X550 HyperMemory
Essentials
Architecture	G500	Rage 9
Code name	Condor	RV370
Launch date	13 July 2005	1 July 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	125 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	180 nm	110 nm
Texture fill rate	250.0 MTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	10 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	112 mm
API support
DirectX	8.0	9.0
OpenGL	1.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2.656 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	332 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR2