ATI Radeon X300 vs ATI X850 XT Platinum AGP

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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
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameR481RV370
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date28 February 2005 (19 years ago)1 September 2004 (20 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 speed540 MHz375 MHz
Number of transistors160 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)67 Watt36 Watt
Texture fill rate8.6401.500
ROPs164
TMUs164

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 1.0 x16
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed590 MHz200 MHz
Memory bandwidth37.76 GB/s6.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)9.0
OpenGL2.02.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 February 2005 1 September 2004
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 130 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 67 Watt 36 Watt

ATI X850 XT Platinum AGP has an age advantage of 5 months, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

ATI X300, on the other hand, has a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 86.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X850 XT Platinum AGP and Radeon X300. We've got no test results to judge.


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