VIA Chrome9 HC vs ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Comparative analysis of VIA Chrome9 HC and ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

VIA Chrome9 HC

ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the VIA Chrome9 HC

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 168 vs 162

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2007 vs 1 October 2005
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	168 vs 162

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

400x more core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 1 MHz
28.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 1 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	115 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: VIA Chrome9 HC
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

168

162

Name	VIA Chrome9 HC	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	4	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	168	162

Compare specifications (specs)

	VIA Chrome9 HC	ATI Radeon X800 GTO AGP
Essentials
Code name	VN896	R430
Launch date	1 March 2007	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	1027	1028
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		R400
Technical info
Boost clock speed	250 MHz
Core clock speed	1 MHz	400 MHz
Pipelines	2
Manufacturing process technology		110 nm
Texture fill rate		4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		49 Watt
Transistor count		160 million
API support
DirectX	onboard	9.0b
OpenGL		2.0
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		31.36 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		980 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex