AMD FireStream 9170 videocard review

FireStream 9170 videocard released by AMD; release date: 8 November 2007. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed RV670.

Core clock speed - 800 MHz. Texture fill rate - 12.8 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 320. Floating-point performance - 512.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 666 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 105 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 51.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

493

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38588

647

Name	Value
PassMark - G2D Mark	493
PassMark - G3D Mark	647

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale
Code name	RV670
Launch date	8 November 2007
Place in performance rating	294
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	512.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	12.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt
Transistor count	666 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3