ATI Radeon 8500 XT videocard review

Radeon 8500 XT videocard released by ATI; release date: 1 June 2002. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Rage 7 microarchitecture codenamed R250.

Core clock speed - 300 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2.4 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 60 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 25 Watt.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 9.6 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7
Code name	R250
Launch date	1 June 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	60 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	8.1
OpenGL	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR