The Graphics Chips Side by Side

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Nvidia Graphics Cards
Manufacturer and Chip Codename Memory HDR-R Vertexshader / Pixelshader Version GPU Frequency Memory Freq
Geforce 8800 GTX G80 768 MB GDDR3 yes 4.0 576 MHz 1800 MHz
Geforce 8800 GTS G80 640 MB GDDR3 yes 4.0 500 MHz 1600 MHz
MSI Geforce 8800 GTS OC G80 320 MB GDDR3 yes 4.0 575 MHz 1700 MHz
Geforce 8800 GTS G80 320 MB GDDR3 yes 4.0 500 MHz 1600 MHz
Foxconn Geforce 8600 GTS G84 256 MB GDDR3 yes 4.0 675 MHz 2016 MHz
Geforce 7950 GX2 2xG71 2x512 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 500 MHz 1200 MHz
Geforce 7900 GTX G71 512 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 650 MHz 1600 MHz
Geforce 7950 GT G71 512 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 550 MHz 1400 MHz
Geforce 7900 GT G71 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 520 MHz 1500 MHz
Geforce 7900 GS G71 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 450 MHz 1320 MHz
Geforce 7800 GTX G70 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 430 MHz 1200 MHz
Geforce 7800 GT G70 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 400 MHz 1000 MHz
Geforce 7600 GT G73 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 560 MHz 1400 MHz
ATI Graphics Cards
Manufacturer and Chip Codename Memory HDR-R Vertexshader / Pixelshader Version GPU Frequency Memory Freq
Radeon X1950 XTX R580+ 512 MB GDDR4 yes 3.0/3.0 648 MHz 1998 MHz
Radeon X1950 XT R580+ 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 621 MHz 1800 MHz
Radeon X1950 Pro RV570 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 594 MHz 1390 MHz
Radeon X1950 GT RV570LE 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 500 MHz 1200 MHz
Radeon X1900 XTX R580 512 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 648 MHz 1548 MHz
Radeon X1900 XT R580 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 621 MHz 1440 MHz
Radeon X1900 GT R580 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 574 MHz 1188 MHz
Radeon X1800 GTO R520 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 500 MHz 990 MHz
Radeon X1650 XT RV560 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 574 MHz 1350 MHz
Radeon X1300 XT RV530 256 MB GDDR3 yes 3.0/3.0 560 MHz 1386 MHz
Radeon X850 XT R480 256 MB GDDR3 SM2 yes, SM3 no 2.0/2.b 520 MHz 1080 MHz
HDR-R=High Dynamic Range Rendering, SM=Shader Model, Memory Frequency=physical clock speed is half that given here, TC=Turbo Cache, HM=Hyper Memory, OC=overclocked, SLI=2 Nvidia cards running in parallel, CF=CrossFire with 2 ATI cards running in parallel

Test Setup

Nvidia Single Graphics Cards, ATI Single and Crossfire Graphics Cards
CPU Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800, 2.93 GHz
FSB 1066 MHz
Motherboard Intel D975XBX2
Chipset Intel 975X
Memory 2x1 GByte, Vitesta DDR2 800 4-4-4-12 533 MHz
HDD Hitachi 2 x 120 GByte S-ATA, Cache 8 MByte
DVD Gigabyte GO-D1600C
LAN Intel 1000 Pro
Audio Intel High Definition Audio
Power Supply Seasonic M12 600 Watt
Drivers & Configuration
Grafik ATI Catalyst 7.1
Nvidia Forceware 93.71, Geforce 8 Nvidia Forceware 97.92, Geforce 8600 GTS 158.16
Operating System Windows XP Pro SP2
DirectX 9.0c
Chipset Drivers Intel Intel 8.1.1.1010
Chipset Drivers Nvidia nforce 9.53

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