ATI Radeon X850 PRO videocard review

ATI Radeon X850 PRO

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
38534
73
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
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 1064
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