NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 vs ATI Radeon X1300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 and ATI Radeon X1300 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

ATI Radeon X1300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
3x more texture fill rate: 5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 148 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 August 2006 vs 5 October 2005
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	148 vs 58

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1300

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 237 vs 232

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	237 vs 232

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

148

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

232

237

Name	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700	ATI Radeon X1300
PassMark - G3D Mark	148	58
PassMark - G2D Mark	232	237

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700	ATI Radeon X1300
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	R500
Code name	G73	RV516
Launch date	1 August 2006	5 October 2005
Place in performance rating	741	729
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	450 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	5.4 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Transistor count	177 million	107 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	500 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	128	DDR
Shared memory	0