NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL 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 8800 GT Mac Edition
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 4% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 575 MHz
- Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 33.6 GTexel / s vs 2x 6.9 GTexel / s billion / sec
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 130 Watt
- Around 30% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz
| Launch date | 1 February 2008 vs 10 January 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz vs 575 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 33.6 GTexel / s vs 2x 6.9 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 80 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 125 Watt vs 130 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 1380 MHz |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL
- 2x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 512 MB
| Maximum memory size | 2x 512 MB vs 512 MB |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Mac Edition | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO DUAL | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Tesla | R500 |
| Code name | G92 | RV570 |
| Launch date | 1 February 2008 | 10 January 2007 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 575 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 336.0 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 80 nm |
| Pipelines | 112 | |
| Texture fill rate | 33.6 GTexel / s | 2x 6.9 GTexel / s billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 125 Watt | 130 Watt |
| Transistor count | 754 million | 330 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | 300 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2x 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 57.6 GB / s | 2x 44.2 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 2x 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz | 1380 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
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