ATI Radeon X850 PRO videocard review

Radeon X850 PRO videocard released by ATI; release date: 1 December 2004. At the time of release, the videocard cost $279. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on R400 microarchitecture codenamed R480.

Core clock speed - 507 MHz. Texture fill rate - 6.08 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 - 1040 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 33.3 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38704

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1305

157

Name	Value
PassMark - G3D Mark	73
PassMark - G2D Mark	157

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	R400
Code name	R480
Launch date	1 December 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	1062
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	507 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	33.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1040 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3