The Nvidia GeForce 7300GT and the ATI Radeon HD 3450 are graphics processing units (or video/graphics cards) from GPU manufacturer Nvidia and semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, respectively, for use on desktop personal computers. The Nvidia card made its debut in 2006 as a mid-range, video game-oriented card, while the ATI card appeared two years later as a budget-oriented GPU.
Memory
The memory of a GPU is either taken from the computer's system memory, which is based on Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic RAM architecture, or is built into the card itself as Graphics Double Data Rate memory. The latter option is preferred since it doesn't take away from the computer's RAM. Each Nvidia GeForce 7300GT and ATI HD Radeon 3450 uses 256MB or 512MB of memory for the computer's video and graphics capabilities. However, while the ATI card offers only the DDR option, the Nvidia card provides both the DDR and GDDR options.
Speeds
Each Nvidia GeForce 7300GT and ATI HD Radeon 3450 has a core clock, which denotes the speed of the GPU's processor, and the memory clock, which stands for the rate at which the memory works. The core clock and memory clock for the GeForce card are 350 MHz and 325 MHz, respectively. For the AMD card, the core clock is 600 MHz and the memory clock speed is 500 MHz.
Connectors
Each Nvidia GeForce 7300GT and ATI Radeon HD 3450 GPU provides a peak analog display quality of 2,048 by 1,536 pixels with its Video Graphics Array port and a peak digital display quality of 2,560 by 1,536 pixels using its dual-link Digital Visual Interface. The Radeon HD 3450, with its "HD" designation, has a High Definition Multimedia Interface for transmission of uncompressed digital audio/video content. Although the GeForce 7300GT lacks an HDMI input, it has in place of it composite video, component video and S-video outputs that match the HD connector's 1,920-by-1,080-pixel resolution.
Texture Fillrate
Each Nvidia GeForce 7300GT and ATI HD Radeon 3450 has a texture fill rate. This stands for the number of pixels that the card can render on the computer screen each second. The texture fill rate of the GeForce 7300GT is 2.8 billion pixels per second, while that of the Radeon HD 3450 is 2.4 billion pixels per second.
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