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ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

ATI Mobility Radeon X1900

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At the moment, the ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 is the top video card from ATI for notebooks. The performance is better than X1800 / 7900GS. Due to heat problems the marketing was delayed but now this problem seems to be fixed. According first reports it is about 12% faster than a X1800 (Alienware configurator). The performance in our tests was about as fast as the Nvidia 7900 GS.

The X1900 is a enhanced X1800 produced in 80nm. The 36 Pixel Shader count like 12 pipelines from Nvidia cards.

The AVIVO technology allows the chip to accelerate H.264, DivX, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV9, and VC-1 videos.

ATI Mobility Radeon X1450

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The ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 dedicated graphic card for laptops has an improved relation of performance to current consumption compared with its predecessor ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. Both are part of the lower middle class. The performance can be compared with an elder X600, but technically it is a X1350.

Because of the AVIVO engine the card can support the CPU in decoding MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9 und VC-1 videos.

ATI Mobility Radeon X1700

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The graphic card ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 for notebooks is the successor of the ATI Mobility Radeon X1600. It achieves a higher performance with same current consumption due to strained Silicon. Due to additional pixel- and vertex-pipelines the performance is clearly above the X1600 and therefore sufficient for all games in 2006 with medium and high settings. The direct competitor ought to be NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 but the performance was compareable to the 7600.

Also a XT variant with a probably higher clock (codename M66-XT) was planned but did never arrive.

The Avivo video engine helps the cpu in decoding (HD) videos.

ATI Mobility Radeon X1900ATI Mobility Radeon X1450ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
Mobility Radeon X1000 Series
Mobility Radeon X1900 36/8 cores @ 0.4 GHz256 Bit @ 470 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1800XT 16/8 cores @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 650 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1800 12/6 cores @ 0.45 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1700 12/5 cores @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 400 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1600 12/5 cores @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 470 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1450 4/2 cores @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 450 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1350 4/2 cores @ 0.47 GHz128 Bit @ 350 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1400 4/2 cores @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 250 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1300 4/2 cores @ 0.35 GHz128 Bit @ 250 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1900 36/8 cores @ 0.4 GHz256 Bit @ 470 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1800XT 16/8 cores @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 650 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1800 12/6 cores @ 0.45 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1700 12/5 cores @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 400 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1600 12/5 cores @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 470 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1450 4/2 cores @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 450 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1350 4/2 cores @ 0.47 GHz128 Bit @ 350 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1400 4/2 cores @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 250 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1300 4/2 cores @ 0.35 GHz128 Bit @ 250 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1900 36/8 cores @ 0.4 GHz256 Bit @ 470 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1800XT 16/8 cores @ 0.55 GHz256 Bit @ 650 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1800 12/6 cores @ 0.45 GHz256 Bit @ 500 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1700 12/5 cores @ 0.48 GHz128 Bit @ 400 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1600 12/5 cores @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 470 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1450 4/2 cores @ 0.55 GHz128 Bit @ 450 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1350 4/2 cores @ 0.47 GHz128 Bit @ 350 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1400 4/2 cores @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 250 MHz
Mobility Radeon X1300 4/2 cores @ 0.35 GHz128 Bit @ 250 MHz
CodenameM59M54M66-P
Pipelines36 / 8 Pixel- / Vertexshader4 / 2 Pixel- / Vertexshader12 / 5 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed400 MHz550 MHz475 MHz
Memory Speed470 MHz450 MHz400 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit128 Bit128 Bit
Memory TypeDDR1/DDR2/GDDR3DDR1/DDR2/DDR3DDR/DDR2/GDDR3/GDDR4
Max. Amount of Memory256 MB256 MB256 MB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0DirectX 9c, Shader 3.0
Transistors312 Million105 Million157 Million
technology80 nm90 nm90 nm
FeaturesAvivo Video and Display Engine. 12 pixelshaders are regulated by 3 cores; Powerplay 6.0Avivo Video und Display Engine. Powerplay 6.0, PCI Express x16-Bus; 90-nmAvivo Video and Display Engine, Powerplay 6.0, PCI-E
Notebook Sizelargemedium sized
Date of Announcement11.01.2007 18.09.2006 01.02.2006
Information312 Millionen Transistoren, 80nm, PCI-E 16x, MXM-III odul105 Millionen Transistoren, Strained Silcion für verbessertes Leistungs / Watt Verhältnis90 nm, Windows Vista Premium ready
Link to Manufacturer Pageati.amd.comati.amd.comati.amd.com

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
25914 Points (27%)
9900 Points (10%)
min: 12922     avg: 18375     median: 19877.5 (21%)     max: 20821 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 11800     avg: 12020     median: 12019.5 (6%)     max: 12239 Points
3400 Points (2%)
min: 7054     avg: 7183     median: 7213 (4%)     max: 7253 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 7080     avg: 7117     median: 7117 (8%)     max: 7154 Points
min: 1520     avg: 1760     median: 1760 (2%)     max: 2000 Points
min: 4193     avg: 4296     median: 4200 (5%)     max: 4493 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
3DMark 06
min: 3185     avg: 3399     median: 3460 (5%)     max: 3551 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
3DMark 06
min: 970     avg: 1085     median: 1085 (1%)     max: 1200 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
min: 1829     avg: 2076     median: 2139 (3%)     max: 2292 Points

Average Benchmarks ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 → 100% n=3

Average Benchmarks ATI Mobility Radeon X1450 → 30% n=3

Average Benchmarks ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 → 65% n=3

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
151  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
52  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
39  fps
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
80  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
39  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
25  fps
Crysis Warhead

Crysis Warhead

2008
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
47  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
9  fps
Racedriver: GRID

Racedriver: GRID

2008
low 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
63  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
31  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
18  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
260  fps
101%
Mobility Radeon X1700:
112 313 365 ~ 263 fps
med. 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
96  fps
63%
Mobility Radeon X1700:
52 63 65 ~ 60 fps
high 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
31  fps
81%
Mobility Radeon X1700:
19 26 29 ~ 25 fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
148.5  fps
58%
Mobility Radeon X1700:
41.1 103.7 112.9 ~ 86 fps
med. 640x480
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
133.2  fps
64%
Mobility Radeon X1700:
41 103 111.4 ~ 85 fps
high 800x600
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
124.9  fps
46%
Mobility Radeon X1700:
40.6 62.1 68.1 ~ 57 fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
Mobility Radeon X1900:
94.3  fps
46%
Mobility Radeon X1700:
38.5 44.8 46.3 ~ 43 fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
Mobility Radeon X1700:
60.3 305.6 390.7 ~ 252 fps

Average Gaming ATI Mobility Radeon X1900 → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 → 65%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 51%

ATI Mobility Radeon X1900lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Sims 31515239
F.E.A.R. 2803925
Crysis Warhead479
Racedriver: GRID633118
F.E.A.R.2609631
Doom 3148.5133.2124.994.3
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ATI Mobility Radeon X1700lowmed.highultraQHD4K
F.E.A.R.2636025
Doom 386855743
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo252
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