December 2004 3Digest:
ATI RADEON X800 XL 256MB DDR3 (400/1000 MHz) PCI-E
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This GPU is presented by ATI RADEON X800 XL 256MB, PCI-E reference card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON X800 XL GPU (16 pixel and 6 vertex pipelines), 400 MHz clock;
- Samsung 2ns BGA chips, 500 (1000) MHz default clock rate, 256-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 6400 megapixels/sec and 6400 megatexels/sec.
Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards
General reviews of these cards
By the end of the month the product costs $300-350 (overpriced due to deficit and newness), supports DirectX 9.0c. This card might become the most popular when the PCI-E segment is large enough.
PCX x16 interface, 256 MB GDDR3 SDRAM in 8 chips.
On December 10, 2004 the latest driver from ATI is 6.497 (CATALYST 4.12) for Windows XP.
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