Old Hand Meets Young Firebrand: ATi FireGL X1 and Nvidia Quadro4 980XGL

Current Workstation Graphics Cards

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Manufacturer and Product Chip (Codename) Transis-tors Street Price Chip Clock Memory Clock * Memory Memory Bus Interface (max.)
3Dlabs Wildcat VP970 VP900 76 Mio. $899 n/a n/a 128 MB DDR 256Bit AGP4X
ATi FireGL 8700 FGL8700 (R200W) 60 Mio. $149 250 MHz 270 MHz 64 MB DDR 128Bit AGP4X
ATi FireGL 8800 FGL8800 (R200W) 60 Mio. $349 250 MHz 290 MHz 128 MB DDR 128Bit AGP4X
ATi FireGL X1 128 MB FGL9700 (R300W) 100 Mio. $749 325 MHz 310 MHz 128 MB DDR 256Bit AGP8X
ATi FireGL X1 256 MB FGL9700 (R300W) 100 Mio. $949 325 MHz 310 MHz 256 MB DDR 256Bit AGP8X
ATi FireGL Z1 FGL9500 (R300W) 100 Mio. $549 325 MHz 310 MHz 128 MB DDR 256Bit AGP8X
PNY/NVIDIA Quadro4 750XGL Quadro4 (NV25) 63 Mio. $399 275 MHz 275 MHz 128 MB DDR 128Bit AGP4X
PNY/NVIDIA Quadro4 900XGL Quadro4 (NV25) 63 Mio. $499 300 MHz 325 MHz 128 MB DDR 128Bit AGP4X
PNY/NVIDIA Quadro4 980XGL Quadro4-AGP8X (NV28) 63 Mio. $549 300 MHz 325 MHz 128 MB DDR 128Bit AGP8X

* Correct physical speed. Note: memory runs at double data rate (DDR). Marketing departments frequently - and wrongly - state double the physical speed where DDR memory is used.