ATI Rage 128 Ultra vs ATI Radeon X1700 FSC

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code nameRV535Rage 4
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date5 November 2007 (16 years ago)1 August 1999 (25 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed587 MHz119 MHz
Number of transistors330 million8 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)44 Wattno data
Texture fill rate2.3480.24
ROPs42
TMUs42

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 4x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB32 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed695 MHz119 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.24 GB/s952.0 MB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x VGA

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)6.0
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.01.2
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 November 2007 1 August 1999
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 32 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 250 nm

ATI X1700 FSC has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 212.5% more advanced lithography process.

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