ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT videocard review

Radeon HD 2900 XT videocard released by ATI; release date: 14 May 2007. At the time of release, the videocard cost $399. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed R600.

Core clock speed - 743 MHz. Texture fill rate - 11.89 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 320. Floating-point performance - 475.5 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 720 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 215 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 512 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1656 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 106.0 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38517

660

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

397

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	660
PassMark - G2D Mark	397

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale
Code name	R600
Launch date	14 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	383
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	743 MHz
Floating-point performance	475.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	11.89 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	215 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
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	106.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3