NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI vs ATI Radeon 9550 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI and ATI Radeon 9550 XT 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 ATI Radeon 9550 XT

  • Around 70% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 1.7 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 140 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
  • Around 63% higher memory clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Core clock speed 425 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.7 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 130 nm vs 140 nm
Maximum memory size 128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 650 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55 PCI ATI Radeon 9550 XT

Essentials

Architecture Rankine Rage 8
Code name NV34 B1 RV350
Launch date 31 May 2005 4 May 2005
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 250 MHz 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 140 nm 130 nm
Texture fill rate 1 GTexel / s 1.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt
Transistor count 45 million 76 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI AGP 8x
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 9.0a 9.0
OpenGL 1.5 (2.1) 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 1.6 GB / s 10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 32 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz 650 MHz
Memory type DDR DDR

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