NVIDIA GeForce 9800S vs ATI FireGL V7700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9800S and ATI FireGL V7700 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

ATI FireGL V7700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800S

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 93% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 777 MHz
Around 54% higher texture fill rate: 19.2 billion / sec vs 12.43 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 427 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 July 2008 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 777 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 billion / sec vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	427 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL V7700

5x more pipelines: 320 vs 64
2.6x better floating-point performance: 497.3 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.8x more memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 660 vs 636

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 64
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	660 vs 636

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9800S
GPU 2: ATI FireGL V7700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

636

660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

427

422

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S	ATI FireGL V7700
PassMark - G3D Mark	636	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	427	422

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9800S	ATI FireGL V7700
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94	RV670
Launch date	15 July 2008	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	349	352
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Technical info
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	777 MHz
CUDA cores	64
Floating-point performance	192 gflops	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	64	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 billion / sec	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF + HDA
Display Connectors	VGAHDMISingle Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		254 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR4
Technologies
CUDA
SLI