ATI Radeon X1800 XL videocard review

Radeon X1800 XL videocard released by ATI; release date: 1 October 2005. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on R500 microarchitecture codenamed R520.

Core clock speed - 500 MHz. Texture fill rate - 8 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 321 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 70 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 32.0 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	R500
Code name	R520
Launch date	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt
Transistor count	321 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
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3