NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- 3.9x more texture fill rate: 39.2 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s
- 4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 643 vs 137
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 2 May 2007 vs 24 January 2006 |
Texture fill rate | 39.2 billion / sec vs 10 GTexel / s |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 643 vs 137 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
- Around 2% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 612 MHz
- Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 171 Watt
- Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 1450 MHz vs 1080 MHz
- 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 507 vs 252
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 625 MHz vs 612 MHz |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt vs 171 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 1450 MHz vs 1080 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 507 vs 252 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra | ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 643 | 137 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 252 | 507 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra | ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | R500 |
Code name | G80 | R580 |
Launch date | 2 May 2007 | 24 January 2006 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $829 | |
Place in performance rating | 624 | 294 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 612 MHz | 625 MHz |
CUDA cores | 612 | |
Floating-point performance | 387.1 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 128 | |
Texture fill rate | 39.2 billion / sec | 10 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 171 Watt | 100 Watt |
Transistor count | 681 million | 384 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 270 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 103.7 GB / s | 46.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1080 MHz | 1450 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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