ATI Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition videocard review

Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition videocard released by ATI; release date: 10 September 2006. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on R400 microarchitecture codenamed R480.

Core clock speed - 520 MHz. Texture fill rate - 8.32 GTexel / s. Manufacturing process technology - 130 nm. Transistors count - 160 million.

Memory type: GDDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1080 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 34.6 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	R400
Code name	R480
Launch date	10 September 2006
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	8.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	9.0b
OpenGL	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3