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.

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512

ATI Radeon X800 GTO²

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