ATI Radeon 9800 videocard review

ATI Radeon 9800

Radeon 9800 videocard released by ATI; release date: 1 March 2003. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Rage 8 microarchitecture codenamed R350.

Core clock speed - 325 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2.6 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 117 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 37 Watt.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 580 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 18.56 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
191
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
58
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 191
PassMark - G3D Mark 58

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Rage 8
Code name R350
Launch date 1 March 2003
Place in performance rating 912
Type Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm
Texture fill rate 2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 37 Watt
Transistor count 117 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors 1x Molex

API support

DirectX 9.0
OpenGL 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 18.56 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 580 MHz
Memory type DDR