ATI 3D Rage vs ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum

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
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameR423Mach64 GT
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 March 2004 (20 years ago)1 April 1996 (28 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 speed520 MHz44 MHz
Number of transistors160 million5 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm500 nm
Power consumption (TDP)63 Wattno data
Texture fill rate8.3200.04
ROPs161
TMUs161

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 x16PCI
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3EDO
Maximum RAM amount256 MB2 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed560 MHz57 MHz
Memory bandwidth35.84 GB/s456.0 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.

DirectX9.0b (9_2)5.0
OpenGL2.0N/A
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2004 1 April 1996
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 MB
Chip lithography 130 nm 500 nm

ATI X800 XT Platinum has an age advantage of 7 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 284.6% more advanced lithography process.

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