NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 vs ATI Radeon X800 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512 and ATI Radeon X800 PRO AGP 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 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 475 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 110 nm vs 130 nm
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	14 November 2005 vs 1 May 2004
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 PRO AGP

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 48 Watt vs 108 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	48 Watt vs 108 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX 512	ATI Radeon X800 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R400
Code name	G70	R420
Launch date	14 November 2005	1 May 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$649
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	475 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	110 nm	130 nm
Texture fill rate	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt	48 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	AGP 8x
Length	228 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0b
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3