Radeon 9800, Continued
The most obvious visual changes compared to the 9700 have been to the board layout. The Radeon 9800 board is slightly longer, making it look less cluttered overall. The auxiliary power connector now uses a four-pin Molex plug, which feels much more stable than the previous three-pin floppy power plug found on 9700 boards. The new review board also sports a new heat sink/fan combination.
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| Header Cell - Column 0 | ATI Radeon 9700 PRO | ATI Radeon 9800 PRO | NVIDIA GeForceFX 5800 Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Technology | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Process | 0.15 Micron | 0.15 Micron | 0.13 Micron |
| Transistors | ~107 Million | ~107 Million (?) | 125 Million |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit DDR | 256-bit DDR/DDR2 | 128-bit DDR2 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 19.8 GB/s | 21.8 GB/s | 16 GB/s |
| Pixel Fillrate | 2.6 Gigapixel/s | 3.04 Gigapixel/s | ~4 Gigapixel/s |
| Anti Aliased Fillrate | 15.6 Billion AA Samples/s | 18.2 Billion AA Samples/s | ~16 Billion AA Samples/s |
| Max FSAA Mode | 6x | 6x | 8x |
| Triangle Transform Rate | 325 M Triangles/s | 380 M Triangles/s | 350 M Triangles/s |
| AGP Bus | 1x/2x/4x/8x | 1x/2x/4x/8x | 1x/2x/4x/8x |
| Memory | 128/256 MB | 128/256 MB | 128/256 MB |
| GPU Clock | 325 MHz | 380 MHz | ~500 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 310 MHz (620 DDR) | 340 MHz (680 DDR) | 500 MHz (1000 DDR2) |
| Memory | BGA 2.9 ns | ? | BGA 2.0ns |
| Vertex Shader | 4 | 4 | FP Array |
| Pixel Pipelines | 8 | 8 | 8 (4x2) |
| Texture Units Per Pipe | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Textures per Texture Unit | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Vertex S. Version | 2 | 2 | 2.0+ |
| Pixel S. Version | 2 | 2 | 2.0+ |
| DirectX Generation | 9 | 9 | 9.0 (+) |
| FSAA Modi | MultiSampling | MultiSampling | MultiSampling |
| Memory Optmizations | Hyper Z III | Hyper Z III+ | LMA II OptimizedColor Compression |
| Optmizations | SmartShader 2.0SmoothVision 2.0 | SmartShader 2.1SmoothVision 2.1 | IntelliSample |
| Display Outputs | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Chip Internal Ramdacs | 2 x 400 MHz | 2 x 400 MHz | 2 x 400 MHz |
| Chip External Ramdacs | - | - | - |
| Bits per Color Channel | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Special | TV Encoder On-Chip; FullStreamAdaptive Filtering | TV Encoder On-Chip; FullStreamAdaptive FilteringF-Buffer | TV Encoder On-ChipExtended ProgammabilityAdaptive Filtering |
| Estimated Price | $399 (old price) | $399 | $399 |
