ATI Radeon X850 PRO AGP videocard review

Radeon X850 PRO AGP videocard released by ATI; release date: 4 September 2005. At the time of release, the videocard cost $279. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on R400 microarchitecture codenamed R481.

Core clock speed - 500 MHz. Texture fill rate - 6 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 - 1000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 32.0 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	R400
Code name	R481
Launch date	4 September 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$279
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s
Transistor count	160 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	9.0b
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