NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP vs ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP and ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 88% higher core clock speed: 375 MHz vs 200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 332 MHz

Launch date	2 February 2006 vs 1 March 2003
Core clock speed	375 MHz vs 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 332 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI

133.3x more texture fill rate: 800 MTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 75 Watt

Texture fill rate	800 MTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP	ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI
PassMark - G2D Mark	199
PassMark - G3D Mark	177

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS AGP	ATI Radeon 9200 SE PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Rage 7
Code name	G71	RV280
Launch date	2 February 2006	1 March 2003
Place in performance rating	899	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	375 MHz	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	800 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	278 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	332 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR