ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition videocard review

Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition videocard released by ATI; release date: 6 November 2006. At the time of release, the videocard cost $349. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on R500 microarchitecture codenamed R580.

Core clock speed - 575 MHz. Texture fill rate - 6.9 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 90 nm. Transistors count - 384 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 38.4 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	R500
Code name	R580
Launch date	6 November 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$349
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm
Texture fill rate	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	384 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 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0c
OpenGL	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3