Product comparison · 2 gpus

ASUS Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCI-E 2.0 vs MSI Geforce GTX 280 1024MB

Key differences

Graphics card memory type
- Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCI-E 2.0:GDDR5
- Geforce GTX 280 1024MB:GDDR3
Memory bus
- Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCI-E 2.0:256 bit
- Geforce GTX 280 1024MB:512 bit
DirectX version
- Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCI-E 2.0:10.1
- Geforce GTX 280 1024MB:9.0c

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Comparison of Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCI-E 2.0, Geforce GTX 280 1024MB
21 specifications	A ASUS Radeon HD 4870 512MB PCI-E 2.0 View product	B MSI Geforce GTX 280 1024MB View product
Processoridentical
Graphics processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	GeForce GTX 280
Maximum resolution	2560 x 1600 pixels	2560 x 1600 pixels
Graphics card RAMDAC	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory2 differ
Discrete graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 GB
Graphics card memory typeDiffers	GDDR5	GDDR3
Memory busDiffers	256 bit	512 bit
Memory clock speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2300 MHz
Memory bandwidth (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	141.7 GB/s
BandwidthKnown for one	3.6 GHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Interface type	PCI Express 2.0	PCI Express 2.0
TV-out	Yes	Yes
Video in	Yes	Yes
DVI ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
DirectX versionDiffers	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL version	2.1	2.1
HDCP	Yes	Yes
Dual Link DVI	Yes	Yes
Texture Fill Rate (TFR)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48.2 GTexel/s
Shader model versionKnown for one	4.1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibility	No	No
HDMI	Yes	Yes

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