ATI 8514-Ultra vs ATI Radeon X800 GT AGP

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)	Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code name	R481	Mach8
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 November 2005 (19 years ago)	1992 (32 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$799

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	475 MHz	10 MHz
Number of transistors	160 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	5.700	no data
ROPs	12	1
TMUs	12	no data

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	AGP 8x	ISA 16 Bit
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	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	VRAM
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	493 MHz	10 MHz
Memory bandwidth	31.55 GB/s	40 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 Connectors

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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

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

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	800 nm

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