This GPU is presented by Sapphire HYBRID RADEON X700 PRO 256MB GDDR3 (425/860 MHz) PCI-Express card.

Features:

• ATI RADEON X700 XT(!) GPU, 425 MHz clock rate (8 pixel and 6 vertex pipelines);
• Samsung memory chips. 2.0 ns indicate 500 (1000) MHz, but the memory operates at 430 (860) MHz. 128-bit bus;
• Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 3400 megapixels/sec and 3400 megatexels/sec.

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By the end of the month the product costs $200-240, supports DirectX 9.0c (shaders).

This novelty was first tested in September 2004. It's designed for middle-end segment and now has only PCI-E interface.

This $200-220 product is rather successful and outperforms previous-generation high-end cards. Competes with GeForce 6600GT and 6600.

PCX x16 interface, 256 MB GDDR3 SDRAM in 8 chips.

On October 10, 2004 the latest drivers from ATI were 6.483 (CATALYST 4.10 WHQL, Release), 6.490 (CATALYST beta) for Windows XP.