Radeon X800 is a series of graphics cards designed by ATI Technologies Inc. introduced in May 2004.
History of Radeon X800
The Radeon X800 series was designed to take the position X700 XT failed to secure, with 12 pipelines and a 256-bit RAM bus. The card surpassed the 6600GT with performance similar to that of the GeForce 6800. The new X800 XL, a similar product, was positioned to dethrone NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 GT with higher memory speeds and a full 16 pipelines to boost performance. R430 was unable to reach high clock speeds, having been designed to reduce the cost per GPU, creating a need for new top-of-the-line core. The new high-end R4x0-generation arrived with the X850 series, equipped with various core tweaks for slightly higher performance than the "R420"-based X800 series. The "R480"-based X850 line was available in 3 forms: the X850 Pro, the X850 XT, and the X850 XT Platinum Edition, and was built on the reliable high-performance 130 nanometer Low-K process.
Radeon Feature Matrix
Radeon X800 series
AGP (X8xx)
All models include AGP 8x All models include DirectX 9.0b and OpenGL 2.0
ModelLaunchCode nameFab (nm)Memory (MiB)Core clock (MHz)Memory clock (MHz)Config core1FillrateMemoryMOperations/sMPixels/sMTexels/sMVertices/sBandwidth (GB/s)Bus typeBus width (bit)Radeon X800 SEOct. 2004R420 (loki)1302564258008:6:8:8340068003400637,525.6GDDR3256Radeon X800 GTDec. 6, 2005R420 (loki)1302564759808:6:8:16380076003800712.531.36GDDR3256Radeon X800Dec. 2004R43011025640070012:6:12:1648006400480060022.4GDDR3256Radeon X800 GTODec. 6, 2005R420 (loki)13025640098012:6:12:1648006400480060031.36GDDR3256Radeon X800 ProMay 5, 2004R420 (loki)13025647590012:6:12:16570076005700712.528.8GDDR3256Radeon X800 XLFeb. 2, 2005R43011025640098016:6:16:1664006400640060031.36GDDR3256Radeon X800 XTMay 4, 2004R420 (loki)130256500100016:6:16:1680008000800075032GDDR3256Radeon X800 XT PEMay 4, 2004R420 (loki)130256520112016:6:16:1683208320832078035.84GDDR3256Radeon X850 ProFeb. 28, 2005R481130256507104012:6:12:16608481126084760.533.28GDDR3256Radeon X850 XTFeb. 28, 2005R481130256520108016:6:16:1683208320832078034.56GDDR3256Radeon X850 XT PEFeb. 28, 2005R481130256540118016:6:16:1686408640864081037.76GDDR3256
1 Pixel shaders : Vertex shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units
PCI-E (X8xx)
All models include PCI-E x16, DirectX 9.0b and OpenGL 2.0
ModelLaunchCode nameFab (nm)Memory (MiB)Core clock (MHz)Memory clock (MHz)Config core1FillrateMemoryMOperations/sMPixels/sMTexels/sMVertices/sBandwidth (GB/s)Bus typeBus width (bit)Radeon X800 GT 128MBAug. 1, 2005R423R480 (thor)1301284753508:6:8:16380076003800712.522.4DDR256Radeon X800 GT 256MBAug. 1, 2005R423R480 (thor)1302564759808:6:8:16380076003800712.531.36GDDR3256Radeon X800Dec. 1, 2004R430 (thor)110128, 25639270012:6:12:1647046272470458822.4GDDR3256Radeon X800 GTO 128MBSept. 15, 2005R423R480R430 (thor)13011012840070012:6:12:1648006400480060022.4GDDR3256Radeon X800 GTO 256MBSept. 15, 2005R423R480R430 (thor)13011025640098012:6:12:1648006400480060031.36GDDR3256Radeon X800 ProMay 5, 2004R423 (thor)13025647590012:6:12:16570076005700712.528.8GDDR3256Radeon X800 XLDec. 1, 2004 (256 MB)May 4, 2005 (512 MB)R430 (thor)110256, 51240098016:6:16:1664006400640060031.36GDDR3256Radeon X800 XTDec. 1, 2004R423 (thor)130256500100016:6:16:1680008000800075032GDDR3256Radeon X800 XT Platinum EditionN/AR423 (thor)130256520112016:6:16:1683208320832078035.84GDDR3256Radeon X850 ProDec. 1, 2004R480 (thor)130256507104012:6:12:16608481126084760.533.28GDDR3256Radeon X850 XTDec. 1, 2004R480 (thor)130256520108016:6:16:1683208320832078034.56GDDR3256Radeon X850 XT CrossFire MasterSept. 29, 2004R480 (thor)130256520108016:6:16:1683208320832078034.56GDDR3256Radeon X850 XT Platinum EditionDec. 21, 2004R480 (thor)130256540118016:6:16:1686408640864081037.76GDDR3256
1 Pixel shaders : Vertex shaders : Texture mapping units : Render output units
See also List of AMD graphics processing units Free and open-source device drivers: graphics#ATI.2FAMD
References
External links techPowerUp! GPU Database