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Header Cell - Column 0 ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128 ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 256 ATI Radeon 9800 XT NVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra NVIDIA GeForceFX 5950 Ultra
Codename R350 R350 R360 NV35 NV38
Chip Technology 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit
Process 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron 0.15 Micron 0.13 Micron 0.13 Micron
Transistors ~107 Million (?) ~107 Million (?) ~107 Million (?) 130 Million 130 Million
Memory Bus 256-bit DDR 256-bit DDR 256-bit DDR/DDR2 256-bit DDR 256-bit DDR
Memory Bandwidth 21.8 GB/s 22.4 GB/s 23.4 GB/s 27.2 GB/s 30.4 GB/s
Pixel Fillrate 3.04 Gigapixel/s 3.04 Gigapixel/s 3.04 Gigapixel/s - Texelrate (Color+Z): 1800 texel/s- Z-rate (Z): 3600/s- Stencilrate: 3600/s- Texturerate: 3600/s - Texelrate (Color+Z): 1900 texel/s- Z-rate (Z): 3800/s- Stencilrate: 3800/s- Texturerate: 3800/s
Max FSAA Mode 6x 6x 6x 4x 4x
Triangle Transform Rate 380 M Triangles/s 380 M Triangles/s 412 M Triangles/s 315 M Triangles/s 356 M Triangles/s
AGP Bus 2x/4x/8x 2x/4x/8x 2x/4x/8x 2x/4x/8x 2x/4x/8x
Memory 128 MB 256 MB 256 MB 128/256 MB 128/256 MB
GPU Clock 380 MHz 380 MHz 412 MHz 450 MHz 475 MHz
Memory Clock 340 MHz (680 DDR) 350 MHz (700 DDR) 365 MHz (730 DDR) 425 MHz (850 DDR) 475 MHz (950 DDR)
Memory(on reference board) ? ? Hynix BGA specified for 400 MHz Hynix BGA specified for 500 MHz Row 13 - Cell 5
Vertex Shader 4 4 4 FP Array FP Array
Pixel Pipelines 8 8 8 4(/8) 4(/8)
Texture Units Per Pipe 1 1 1 1 1
Textures per Texture Unit 8 8 8 16 16
Vertex S. Version 2 2 2 2.0 2.0
Pixel S. Version 2 2 2 2.0 2.0
DirectX Generation 9 9 9 9 9
FSAA Modi MultiSampling MultiSampling MultiSampling MultiSampling MultiSampling
Memory Optmizations Hyper Z III+ Hyper Z III+ Hyper Z III+ LMA II OptimizedColor Compression LMA II OptimizedColor Compression
Optmizations SmartShader 2.1SmoothVision 2.1 SmartShader 2.1SmoothVision 2.1 SmartShader 2.1SmoothVision 2.1 IntelliSample HCT IntelliSample HCT
Display Outputs 2 2 2 2 2
Chip Internal Ramdacs 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz
Chip External Ramdacs - - - - -
Bits per Color Channel 10 10 10 10 10
Special TV Encoder On-Chip; FullStreamAdaptive FilteringF-Buffer TV Encoder On-Chip; FullStreamAdaptive FilteringF-Buffer TV Encoder On-Chip; FullStreamAdaptive FilteringF-Buffer TV Encoder On-Chip; Extended ProgammabilityAdaptive FilteringUltraShadow TV Encoder On-Chip; Extended ProgammabilityAdaptive FilteringUltraShadow
Launch price $399 $499 $499 $499 $499
Street price $300-350 $450-500 Row 30 - Cell 3 $400-500 Row 30 - Cell 5