ATI Radeon 9500 PRO videocard review

Radeon 9500 PRO videocard released by ATI; release date: 1 October 2002. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Rage 8 microarchitecture codenamed R300.

Core clock speed - 275 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2.2 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 110 million.

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

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8
Code name	R300
Launch date	1 October 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	9.0
OpenGL	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	540 MHz
Memory type	DDR