3Digest, August 2005:
ATI RADEON X550 256MB (400/500 MHz)
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This GPU is presented by Sapphire RADEON X550, 256MB, PCI-E, 400/500 MHz card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON X550 GPU, 400MHz clock rate;
- 4ns fetch indicates the actual 250 (500) MHz memory clock.
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 1600 megapixels/sec and 1600 megatexels/sec.
Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards
By the end of the month the product costs $60-70, supports DirectX 9.0. A Low-End PCI-Express solution.
PCI-E x16. 128MB DDR SDRAM in 8 Hynix chips.
On August 10, 2005 the latest drivers from ATI were 6.553 (CATALYST 5.7) for Windows XP. CATALYST 5.8 was released a bit later, so it wasn't used for testing.
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