ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT videocard review

Radeon HD 2900 GT videocard released by ATI; release date: 6 November 2007. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed R600.

Core clock speed - 601 MHz. Texture fill rate - 7.21 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 240. Floating-point performance - 288.48 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 720 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 150 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 51.2 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38579

292

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1295

344

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225 Frames

2648 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

69225.000 Fps

2648.000 Fps

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	292
PassMark - G2D Mark	344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2648 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex	2648.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale
Code name	R600
Launch date	6 November 2007
Place in performance rating	777
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	601 MHz
Floating-point performance	288.48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm
Pipelines	240
Texture fill rate	7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	720 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3