ATI Radeon 9600 XT vs Extreme Graphics 2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated1454
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.28
ArchitectureGeneration 2.0 (2002−2003)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameMontaraRV360
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 December 2003 (21 year ago)1 October 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Core clock speed200 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed266 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data60 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data22 Watt
Texture fill rate0.272.000
ROPs14
TMUs14

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared300 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data9.6 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX7.09.0 (9_0)
OpenGL1.32.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 December 2003 1 October 2003

Extreme Graphics 2 has an age advantage of 2 months.

We couldn't decide between Extreme Graphics 2 and Radeon 9600 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Extreme Graphics 2 is a notebook card while Radeon 9600 XT is a desktop one.


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