ATI Radeon 9800 XXL videocard review

Radeon 9800 XXL videocard released by ATI; release date: 1 October 2003. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Rage 9 microarchitecture codenamed R360.

Core clock speed - 390 MHz. Texture fill rate - 3.12 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 150 nm. Transistors count - 117 million.

Memory type: DDR. Maximum RAM amount - 128 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 676 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 21.63 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9
Code name	R360
Launch date	1 October 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	390 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm
Texture fill rate	3.12 GTexel / s
Transistor count	117 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	Floppy
API support
DirectX	9.0
OpenGL	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	21.63 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	676 MHz
Memory type	DDR