Product comparison · 2 gpus

CLUB3D Radeon HD2900XT 1024MB DVI PCIe vs MSI Geforce 8600GT - 256MB, DDR3

11specifications compared
6differ
5identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

Maximum resolution
- Radeon HD2900XT 1024MB DVI PCIe:2560 x 1600 pixels
- Geforce 8600GT - 256MB, DDR3:2048 x 1536 pixels
Processor frequency
- Radeon HD2900XT 1024MB DVI PCIe:740 MHz
- Geforce 8600GT - 256MB, DDR3:540 MHz
Graphics card memory type
- Radeon HD2900XT 1024MB DVI PCIe:GDDR4
- Geforce 8600GT - 256MB, DDR3:GDDR3
Memory bus
- Radeon HD2900XT 1024MB DVI PCIe:512 bit
- Geforce 8600GT - 256MB, DDR3:128 bit
Memory clock speed
- Radeon HD2900XT 1024MB DVI PCIe:2000 MHz
- Geforce 8600GT - 256MB, DDR3:1400 MHz
DirectX version
- Radeon HD2900XT 1024MB DVI PCIe:10
- Geforce 8600GT - 256MB, DDR3:10.0

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Comparison of Radeon HD2900XT 1024MB DVI PCIe, Geforce 8600GT - 256MB, DDR3
25 specifications	A CLUB3D Radeon HD2900XT 1024MB DVI PCIe View product	B MSI Geforce 8600GT - 256MB, DDR3 View product
Processor2 differ
Maximum resolutionDiffers	2560 x 1600 pixels	2048 x 1536 pixels
Processor frequencyDiffers	740 MHz	540 MHz
Graphics processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	GeForce 8600 GT
Memory3 differ
Discrete graphics card memoryKnown for one	1 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics card memory typeDiffers	GDDR4	GDDR3
Memory busDiffers	512 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speedDiffers	2000 MHz	1400 MHz
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	22.4 Gbit/s
Ports & interfacesidentical
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Video inKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
I/O portsKnown for one	- DVI-I out (Dual Link 2560x1600 digital) - DVI-I out (Dual Link 2560x1600 digital) - CRT out (2x max Res. 2048x1536 @85Hz) - S-video & Composite video Out (1024x768) - HDTV; YPrPb Out (1080x720p, 1920x1080p) - S-video & Composite video In	Unknown — not stated by the source
TV-outKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Performance1 differ
DirectX versionDiffers	10	10.0
Shader model versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.0
Texture Fill Rate (TFR)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.64 GTexel/s
Poweridentical
Minimum system power supplyKnown for one	650 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Minimum RAMKnown for one	128 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorKnown for one	Pentium / Athlon	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows MCE Windows XP64 Windows VISTA 32bit Windows VISTA 64bit	Unknown — not stated by the source

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