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ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition Review
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Title:
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ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition Review
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Immediately
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Author:
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Date:
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2-4-2004
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$525.00 - $625.00
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Features and Specifications |
The X850 card is a lot like the X800, the difference between the cards is that the X850 is faster. Here is a list direct from ATI showing you the cards features compared to the X800.
| Product Name |
RADEON X800 XT PLATINUM EDITION |
RADEON X800 XT |
RADEON X850 XT PLATINUM EDITION |
| ASIC |
RADEON X800
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RADEON X800
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RADEON X850
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Technology Features
| SMARTSHADER™ |
HD |
HD |
HD |
| SMOOTHVISION™ |
HD |
HD |
HD |
| FULLSTREAM™ |
Real, Divx |
Real, DivX |
Real, DivX |
| Adaptive De-Interlace |
VIDEOSHADER HD |
VIDEOSHADER HD |
VIDEOSHADER HD |
| HYDRAVISION™ |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hardware MPEG Encode Assist |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Specifications
| Bus Type |
AGP or PCI Express x16 |
PCI Express x16 |
PCI Express x16 |
| Memory Amount (MB) |
256 |
256 |
256 |
| Memory Type |
GDDR3 |
GDDR3 |
GDDR3 |
| Memory Interface |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
| Memory Clock Speed (MHz) |
575
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500
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590
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| Engine Clock Speed (MHz) |
520
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500
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540
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| Pipelines |
16 |
16 |
16 |
| Pixel Fillrate |
8.3 Gpixels/sec |
8 Gpixels |
8.6 Gpixels |
| Geometry Rate |
520 MTriangles |
500 MTriangles |
540 MTriangles |
Display Support
| VGA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| DVI |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dual Monitor Display |
DVI-I/VGA |
DVI-I/VGA |
Dual DVI-I |
| YPrPb Out for HDTV |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| S-Video Out |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Composite Out |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Multimedia Support
| S-Video In |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Composite In |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| TV Tuner |
No |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner |
No |
No |
No |
| DTV Tuner |
No
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No
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No
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| Remote Control Included |
No |
No |
No |
| EAZYLOOK |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audio Out |
No |
No |
No |
| S/PDIF Out |
No |
No |
No |
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As you can see, the only difference between the cards is the clock speeds, Pixel fill rate, geometry rate, and that the card has dual DVI ports. Don't worry though if your monitor is not DVI, ATI includes two DVI-to-VGA adaptors with the card.
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| A64 2800-3500+ | |
| A64 3500+ and up | |
| Athlon 64 FX | |
| AMD MP | |
| Athlon XP | |
| Opteron | |
| Sempron | |
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| -CPU Intel
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| P4/XE 2.4 & up | |
| P4/XE 2.2 & down | |
| Celeron | |
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| -Memory DDR | |
| -Memory pc133 | |
-Hard Drive IDE
(60G and lower) | |
-Hard Drive IDE
(80G and higher) | |
| -CD/DVD/CDRWs | |
| -nVidia video cards | |
| ATI video cards | |
| -LCD monitors: 15in | |
| -LCD monitors: 17in | |
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| NOTE
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AMD Motherboards
XP:nForce2,VIA KT600
Opteron: nForce3, AMD8000
64: nForce3, AMD8000, K8T
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Intel Motherboards
Latest Chipset: 875P
w/Graphics: 865G
VIA: P4X
ATI: 9100 IGP
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