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

Current Workstation Graphics Cards

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Manufacturer and ProductChip (Codename)Transis-torsStreet PriceChip ClockMemory Clock *MemoryMemory BusInterface (max.)
3Dlabs Wildcat VP970VP90076 Mio.$899n/an/a128 MB DDR256BitAGP4X
ATi FireGL 8700FGL8700 (R200W)60 Mio.$149250 MHz270 MHz64 MB DDR128BitAGP4X
ATi FireGL 8800FGL8800 (R200W)60 Mio.$349250 MHz290 MHz128 MB DDR128BitAGP4X
ATi FireGL X1 128 MBFGL9700 (R300W)100 Mio.$749325 MHz310 MHz128 MB DDR256BitAGP8X
ATi FireGL X1 256 MBFGL9700 (R300W)100 Mio.$949325 MHz310 MHz256 MB DDR256BitAGP8X
ATi FireGL Z1FGL9500 (R300W)100 Mio.$549325 MHz310 MHz128 MB DDR256BitAGP8X
PNY/NVIDIA Quadro4 750XGLQuadro4 (NV25)63 Mio.$399275 MHz275 MHz128 MB DDR128BitAGP4X
PNY/NVIDIA Quadro4 900XGLQuadro4 (NV25)63 Mio.$499300 MHz325 MHz128 MB DDR128BitAGP4X
PNY/NVIDIA Quadro4 980XGLQuadro4-AGP8X (NV28)63 Mio.$549300 MHz325 MHz128 MB DDR128BitAGP8X

* 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.

Uwe Scheffel