NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 vs ATI Radeon X800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and ATI Radeon X800 GTO² videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 2.8x more texture fill rate: 13.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 73% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 980 MHz
Launch date 14 November 2005 vs 15 September 2005
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 13.2 GTexel / s vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz vs 980 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 ATI Radeon X800 GTO²

Essentials

Architecture Curie R400
Code name G70 R480
Launch date 14 November 2005 15 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 13.2 GTexel / s 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 108 Watt
Transistor count 302 million 160 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 228 mm

API support

DirectX 9.0c 9.0b
OpenGL 2.1 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB / s 31.36 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1700 MHz 980 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3

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