ATI FireGL V8650 videocard review

FireGL V8650 videocard released by ATI; release date: 14 May 2007. At the time of release, the videocard cost $2,799. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed R600.

Core clock speed - 688 MHz. Texture fill rate - 11.01 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 320. Floating-point performance - 440.3 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 720 million.

Memory type: GDDR4. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 512 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1736 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 111.1 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38534

550

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

637

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

3357 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

3357.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	550
PassMark - G2D Mark	637
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3357 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	3357.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale
Code name	R600
Launch date	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,799
Place in performance rating	412
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	688 MHz
Floating-point performance	440.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	11.01 GTexel / s
Transistor count	720 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	254 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	111.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1736 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4