NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT vs ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT and ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 187 MHz
6x more texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 1.122 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 180 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 360 MHz

Launch date	9 March 2006 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	560 MHz vs 187 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 1.122 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 360 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT	ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	225
PassMark - G2D Mark	59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT	ATI Radeon DDR VIVO SE
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 6
Code name	G73	Rage 6
Launch date	9 March 2006	14 August 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1642	not rated
Price now	$84.95
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	560 MHz	187 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s	1.122 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	177 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x VGA, 2x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	5.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	360 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR