Next Generation Video Cards Specs/Features comparison
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO NVIDIA GeFORCE FX 5800 (NV30) NVIDIA GeFORCE FX 5900 (NV35)
Chip Tecnonology 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit
Process 0.15 Micron 0.13 Micron 0.13 Micron
Transistors 110 Million 125 Million 130 Million
Memory Bus 256-bit DDR 128-bit DDR2 256-bit DDR
Memory Bandwidth 21.8 GB/s 16 GB/s ~~27.2 GB/s
AGP Bus 1x/2x/4x/8x 1x/2x/4x/8x 1x/2x/4x/8x
Memory 128/256MB 128/256MB 128/256MB
GPU Clock 380 MHz ~~500 MHz ~~450 MHz
Memory Clock 340 MHz (680 DDR) ~~500 MHz (1 GHz DDR2) ~~425 MHz (850 DDR)
Textures per Texture Unit 8 16 16
Vertex Shader Version 2.0 2.0+ 2.0+
Pixel Shader Version 2.0 2.0+ 2.0+
DirectX Generation 9.0 9.0+ 9.0+
FSAA Mode MultiSampling IntelliSample (mulitsampling) IntelliSample HCT (multisampling)
Memory Optimizations Hyper Z III+ Z, texture and Colour Compression; crossbar memory architecture Z, texture Colour Compression; UltraShadow; crossbar memory architecture
Display Outputs 3 (2 plus TV-out) 3 (2 plus TV-out) 3 (2 plus TV-out)
Chip Internal RAMDACS 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz 2 x 400 MHz
Computational Precision 96-bit 128-bit 128-bit
Special TV Encoder On-Chip; FullStream;F-Buffer TV Encoder On-Chip, DVC, VMR, CineFX,NView, NVKeystone, NVRotate TV Encoder On-Chip, DVC, VMR, CineFX 2.0, NView,NVKeystone, NVRotate,
MSRP (Retail Price) $399 USD $300 USD $499 USD for Ultra (256MB)
$399 USD for 128MB version