Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide - Page 17

Adrian Wong · 19th Mar 2006, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by daniel7072

the fill rate of the X1600XT is only 2360 mtexels!!!

isnt that a bit low? how could X1600XT have a worse fill rate than a X700LE?

if its correct, than the X1600XT has slightly worse performance than a geforce 6600 standard!

i dont know what fill rate exactly means but yeh...

7600gt fill rate = 6720
6800ultra fill rate = 6400
7800gs fill rate = 6000

does that mean the 7600gt is slightly faster than a 6800 ultra... which is in turn faster than a 7800gs?

apparently there will be a 7600 gt agp version soon.
hoo da hell is goin to buy a 6800 ultra agp, let alone a NEW 7800 gs agp, given the latter is WORSE than a 7600gt??

is memory interface more important than fill rate for performance?

Hello daniel7072,

You are right. The fillrate is too low. Looks like we made a mistake in the calculations, not only of the X1600 XT but also the X1600 Pro. We will correct the guide ASAP.

Regarding your second question, the performance of any graphics card is more than just its fillrate. Incidentally, the 7800 GS comes with twice as many pixel shader ALUs. So, it can do more work on each pixel than the 6800 Ultra.

So, about who the hell is going to buy the GeForce 7800 GS AGP, well, that's really up to the market. But I would put my money on gamers who prefer to stick to their current AGP systems.

Dashken · 20th Mar 2006, 12:19 AM

The guide has just been updated!

Covering over 265 desktop graphics cards, this comprehensive comparison allows you to easily compare 17 different specifications for each and every card! If you need to find out about the specification of any card, just come over and check out our Desktop Graphics Comparison Guide!

We hope it will prove to be a useful reference. We will keep this guide updated regularly so do check back for the latest updates!

Here are the updates:-

Quote:

- Corrected the Fillrate specifications of the ATI Radeon X1900 XTX card.
- Corrected the Pixel Pipelines and Fillrate specifications of the ATI Radeon X1600 XT and X1600 Pro cards.
- Added the Memory Type specifications for the ATI Radeon X1300 Pro, X1300 and X1300 HyperMemory cards.
- Total cards : 266

Link : Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 10.3!

burns flipper · 22nd Mar 2006, 06:40 PM

The guide is fantastic - I always use it to pick a new graphics card. How about also having a comparator? You pick two or more cards to compare from a drop-down list, and it just compares those ones. Very useful for quickly seeing how your current card compares to the ones you're looking at without having to scroll through lists of identical-looking numbers.

Adrian Wong · 22nd Mar 2006, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burns flipper

The guide is fantastic - I always use it to pick a new graphics card. How about also having a comparator? You pick two or more cards to compare from a drop-down list, and it just compares those ones. Very useful for quickly seeing how your current card compares to the ones you're looking at without having to scroll through lists of identical-looking numbers.

That's one of the ideas we have been playing around. We just need to find a programmer who can help us do that.

Dashken · 23rd Mar 2006, 01:00 AM

The guide has just been updated!

Covering over 265 desktop graphics cards, this comprehensive comparison allows you to easily compare 17 different specifications for each and every card! If you need to find out about the specification of any card, just come over and check out our Desktop Graphics Comparison Guide!

We hope it will prove to be a useful reference. We will keep this guide updated regularly so do check back for the latest updates!

Here are the updates:-

Quote:

- Added the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS and GeForce 7300 LE cards.
- Corrected Memory Type specifications of the GeForce 7300 GS card.
- Total cards : 268

Link : Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 10.4!

Cyberwarrior · 23rd Mar 2006, 01:39 AM

I am wondering,and maybe I am jumping the gun.Where is the guide to compare NVidia cards.All I see is ATI Radeon cards?

Chai · 23rd Mar 2006, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyberwarrior

I am wondering,and maybe I am jumping the gun.Where is the guide to compare NVidia cards.All I see is ATI Radeon cards?

Er...Next page?

Adrian Wong · 23rd Mar 2006, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberwarrior

I am wondering,and maybe I am jumping the gun.Where is the guide to compare NVidia cards.All I see is ATI Radeon cards?

Hehe.. Yeah, just scroll down and click on NVIDIA to get to the next page.

marco_simao · 25th Mar 2006, 12:23 AM

Hello, The x1600 used to be right.
The x1600 and x1900 are different from all the rest since they have more pixel shader processor than tmus and rops.
The x1000 series are a completely new breed of GPUs and should not be classified by the "pipeline measure", since ATI only speaks about pixel shader processors and vertex shader processors.

Long ago the pipeline was a structure of one pixel pipeline + one tmu + one rop, nowadays this is irrevelant and will be even more when the unified shader architechure come to the pc.

Last but not least HERE is a tool that i have made, it is called VGA CALCULATOR.
The current version is 1.0.0.20., it requires framework, read the about menu and the tooltip text over the labels.

Papercut · 30th Mar 2006, 12:34 PM

I just noticed that there is release date info for all the popular cards. That's a nice addition

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marco_simao Newbie Join Date: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 11 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Hello, The x1600 used to be right. The x1600 and x1900 are different from all the rest since they have more pixel shader processor than tmus and rops. The x1000 series are a completely new breed of GPUs and should not be classified by the "pipeline measure", since ATI only speaks about pixel shader processors and vertex shader processors. Long ago the pipeline was a structure of one pixel pipeline + one tmu + one rop, nowadays this is irrevelant and will be even more when the unified shader architechure come to the pc. Last but not least HERE is a tool that i have made, it is called VGA CALCULATOR. The current version is 1.0.0.20., it requires framework, read the about menu and the tooltip text over the labels. Last edited by marco_simao : 2nd Apr 2006 at 06:41 PM.

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22nd Mar 2006, 06:40 PM	#163 (permalink)
burns flipper Newbie Join Date: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	The guide is fantastic - I always use it to pick a new graphics card. How about also having a comparator? You pick two or more cards to compare from a drop-down list, and it just compares those ones. Very useful for quickly seeing how your current card compares to the ones you're looking at without having to scroll through lists of identical-looking numbers.