ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 PRO vs ATI Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	R400 (2004−2008)	Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code name	R423	R350
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	28 October 2005 (19 years ago)	16 June 2003 (21 year 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 speed	500 MHz	378 MHz
Number of transistors	160 million	117 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	8.000	3.024
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	16	8

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	338 MHz
Memory bandwidth	32 GB/s	21.63 GB/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 Connectors

2x DVI

1x DVI, 2x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0b (9_2)	9.0 (9_0)
OpenGL	2.0	2.0
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	28 October 2005	16 June 2003
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	150 nm

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