ATI and NVidia Graphics Card Comparison Tables
In the tables below, video card speed and other features are listed
for newer ATI Radeon and NVidia GeForce FX video cards. Use the tables
as a general guide to video card speed, price, and other card features.
| ATI |
RADEON
9600 XT |
RADEON
9600 PRO |
RADEON
9600 |
RADEON
9600 SE |
| Frame Buffer |
128MB DDR |
128MB DDR |
128MB DDR |
128MB DDR |
| Memory Interface |
128-bit |
128-bit |
128-bit |
64-bit |
| Rendering Pipelines |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Pixel Fillrate (Gpixels/sec) |
2.0 |
1.6 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
| Engine Clock (MHz) |
500 |
400 |
325 |
325 |
| Memory Clock (MHz) |
600 |
600 |
400 |
400 |
| Estimated Price |
$200 |
$165 |
$150 |
$130 |
Notes about ATI Radeon Graphics Cards: The ATI Radeon 9700
series of cards are no longer in production and have been replaced
by the Radeon 9800 series cards which are not shown in the above table.
For those that are interested, the 9800 series of cards have 256-bit
memory interfaces, 8 pixel rendering pipelines, and have fill rates
that range from 2.6 to 3.3 Gpixels/sec. For more information on ATI's
Radeon 9800 series video cards visit ATI's
Radeon 9800 comparison table.
| NVIDIA |
GeForce FX
5950 Ultra: |
GeForce FX
5700 Ultra: |
GeForce FX
5600 Ultra |
GeForce FX
5200 Ultra |
| Frame Buffer |
256MB DDR |
128MB DDR2 |
128MB DDR |
128MB DDR |
| Memory Interface |
256-bit |
128-bit |
128-bit |
128-bit |
| Rendering Pipelines |
8 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Pixel Fillrate (Gpixels/sec) |
3.8 |
1.9 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
| Engine Clock (MHz) |
475 |
475 |
325 |
325 |
| Memory Clock (MHz) |
950 |
900 |
650 |
650 |
| Estimated Price |
$425 |
$200 |
$150 |
$120 |
Notes about NVidia Graphics Cards: The NVidia GeForce 4 FX
5600 card is no longer in production and should not be purchased except
by very savvy shoppers for prices considerably less than $160. Those
that want better performance than the GeForce FX 5200 Ultra should
upgrade to the 5700 Ultra.
General Comments on the Comparison Tables
The purpose of the comparison tables is to provide a quick guide
to the various ATI and NVidia chipset video cards. The faster cards
are listed on the left of the tables and the slower cards appear on
the right.
Many factors influence a video card's speed, however to simplify the
comparisons, we used fill rate speed.
Estimated street prices reflect what the author has recently seen
and may or may not represent what you will have to pay for the video
card. A shrewd shopper should be able to buy these cards for as much
as 30%-40% less than the listed prices.
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