ATI FireGL 8700 videocard review

ATI FireGL 8700

FireGL 8700 videocard released by ATI; release date: 14 August 2001. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on Rage 7 microarchitecture codenamed R200.

Core clock speed - 250 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 60 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 64 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 540 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 8.64 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Rage 7
Code name R200
Launch date 14 August 2001
Place in performance rating not rated
Type Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm
Texture fill rate 2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 60 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 8.1
OpenGL 1.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 540 MHz
Memory type DDR