VGA Charts VII: AGP Update Summer 2005
The Contestants
Our Summer 2005 AGP edition of the VGA charts covers 24 different AGP graphics cards. We've assembled a field of the most important and interesting AGP cards for this test. However, some cards were not available to us for testing, such as NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 SE or ATI's new Radeon X700 with the "Rialto" AGP bridge chip.
If you're looking for a particular model from the previous card generation or even the one before that, please take a look at our VGA Charts IV 2004 . You should be able to find any card that was current at that time there, giving you an easy basis for comparing the performance of those cards to that of the ones tested here (for example Radeon 9200 SE to Radeon 9600 Pro).
Header Cell - Column 0 | Chip | Memory | DX Generation | Chipclock | Memoryclock | Buswidth | P-Pipes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NVIDIA Cards | Row 0 - Cell 1 | Row 0 - Cell 2 | Row 0 - Cell 3 | Row 0 - Cell 4 | Row 0 - Cell 5 | Row 0 - Cell 6 | Row 0 - Cell 7 |
GeForce 6800 Ultra | NV40 | 256 MB | DX 9.0 SM3.0 | 400 | 1100 | 256 bit | 16 |
GeForce 6800 GT | NV40 | 256 MB | DX 9.0 SM3.0 | 350 | 1000 | 256 bit | 16 |
GeForce 6800 | NV40 | 128 MB | DX 9.0 SM3.0 | 325 | 700 | 256 bit | 12 |
GeForce 6600 GT | NV43 | 128 MB | DX 9.0 SM3.0 | 500 | 900 | 128 bit | 8 |
GeForce 6600 | NV44 | 128 MB | DX 9.0 SM3.0 | 300 | 700 | 128 bit | 8 |
GeForce FX 5950 U | NV38 | 256 MB | DX 9 | 475 | 950 | 256 bit | 8 |
GeForce FX 5900 U | NV35 | 256 MB | DX 9 | 450 | 850 | 256 bit | 8 |
GeForce FX 5900 | NV35 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 400 | 850 | 256 bit | 8 |
GeForce FX 5900 XT | NV35 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 400 | 700 | 256 bit | 8 |
GeForce FX 5800 U | NV30 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 500 | 1000 | 128 bit | 8 |
GeForce FX 5800 | NV30 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 400 | 800 | 128 bit | 8 |
GeForce FX 5700 U | NV36 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 475 | 900 | 128 bit | 4 |
GeForce FX 5700 | NV36 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 425 | 550 | 128 bit | 4 |
ATI Cards | Row 14 - Cell 1 | Row 14 - Cell 2 | Row 14 - Cell 3 | Row 14 - Cell 4 | Row 14 - Cell 5 | Row 14 - Cell 6 | Row 14 - Cell 7 |
Radeon X850 XT PE | R480 | 256 MB | DX 9 | 540 | 1180 | 256 bit | 16 |
Radeon X850 XT | R480 | 256 MB | DX 9 | 520 | 1080 | 256 bit | 16 |
Radeon X800 XT | R420 | 256 MB | DX 9 | 500 | 1000 | 256 bit | 16 |
Radeon X800 Pro | R420 | 256 MB | DX 9 | 475 | 900 | 256 bit | 12 |
Radeon X800 XL | R430 | 256 MB | DX 9 | 400 | 1000 | 256 bit | 16 |
Radeon 9800 XT | R360 | 256 MB | DX 9 | 412 | 730 | 256 bit | 8 |
Radeon 9800 Pro | R350 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 380 | 680 | 256 bit | 8 |
Radeon 9800 | R350 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 325 | 580 | 256 bit | 8 |
Radeon 9700 Pro | R300 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 325 | 620 | 256 bit | 8 |
Radeon 9600 XT | RV360 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 500 | 600 | 128 bit | 4 |
Radeon 9600 Pro | RV350 | 128 MB | DX 9 | 400 | 600 | 128 bit | 4 |
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