X600

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Originally Posted by ATI

Specifications
RADEON X600 Technology Specifications
World?s first PCI Express?Graphics Chip
Native x16 lane PCI Express
Double the bandwidth of AGP 8X
Increased memory bandwidth to 12 Gigabytes/sec.
Four extreme parallel 3D rendering pixel pipelines
Two programmable vertex shader pipelines
128-bit memory interface supporting 128MB or 256MB DDR1 memory configurations
Full DirectX® 9 support
SMARTSHADER? 2.0
SMARTSHADER? defines the level of realism in latest 2D/3D games and applications
Complete hardware-accelerated Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shader support
Full hardware support for OpenGL® 2.0
SMOOTHVISION? 2.1
SMOOTHVISION? improves image quality by smoothing jagged edges, improving blurriness and refining background details during on-screen motion and at lower resolutions.
SMOOTHVISION? settings are user configurable in ATI CATALYST? Control Panel:
2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes
Sparse multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable sample patterns, and centroid sampling
Lossless Color Compression (up to6:1)at all resolutions
Temporal Anti-Aliasing
2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes
Up to 128-tap texture filtering
Adaptive algorithm with bilinear (performance) and trilinear (quality) options
HYPER Z? III
HYPER Z? ensures optimal hardware performance by discarding irrelevant object data that is not visible to end-user on their display.
Leverages key features from ATI?s third generation HYPER Z? III technology that conserves video memory bandwidth for improved performance in demanding 2D/3D games and applications.
Lossless Z-Buffer Compression (up to 48:1)
Fast Z-Buffer Clear
Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering
VIDEOSHADER?
Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
FULLSTREAM? video de-blocking technology for Real, DivX, and WMV9 formats
VIDEOSOAP? noise removal filtering for captured video
MPEG1/2/4 decode and encode acceleration
DXVA Support
Hardware Motion Compensation, iDCT, DCT and color space conversion
All-format DTV/HDTV decoding
YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays?
Adaptive Per-Pixel De-Interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion (temporal filtering)
Additional Features
Dual integrated display controllers
Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs
Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI 1.0 / HDMI compliant and HDCP ready)
Integrated TV Output support up to 1024x768 resolution
Windows® Logo Program compliant
ATI CATALYST? Software Suite

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Am a little disapointed with this... I was expecting at LEAST 8 pipelines with the midrange card this time round.... Ohh well...

go here for more
http://www.ati.com/products/radeonx600/specs.html

Very lame! but most likly cheap :inquisiti

You recon that would be faster than say a 9800pro?

Don't think it will be any faster than a 9800Pro.

4 pipelines vs 8 for the 9800pro
128bit memory bue vs 256bit for the 9800pro

It actually looks very much like a 9600Pro/XT with a PCIExpress interface.

Yeah... that makes the X800 the only good new gaming card from ATi, and they don't come for free as we've noticed by now :)

I wouldn't go that low for almost any gaming machine.. unless it's REALLY cheap. But I can't see why any PCI Express part would be sold that cheap, atleast not to begin with.

mabey it has like Uber High Clock Speeds!!!!

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12GB/s bandwidth for 128 bit memory... don't know how to count the clock speeds, but I think that makes about 850-900MHz. It's fast for a midrange card, but with 128-bit interface it won't do wonders anyways. Guess the core is more important though... And well, only time can tell.