3Digest: October 2007 ATI RADEON X1650 PRO 256MB (590/1380 MHz) (former X1600 XT)

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July 3, 2008

Hybrid CrossFire and High-Definition video.

July 2, 2008

How memory speed affects CPU performance.

June 28, 2008

High capacity, high frequency and Green design.

June 27, 2008

Reference cards in nice boxes.

June 26, 2008

What does it offer for 399 USD?

June 25, 2008

Stakes on the odd.

June 23, 2008

Transition to DDR3, 1600 MHz FSB support, fully-fledged PCI-E 2.0.

Will it outperform 9800 GX2? (Updated: now also with synthetic test results.)

June 17, 2008

Version 3.0.

June 16, 2008

Added test results for 2 x GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI.

This GPU is presented by the reference ATI RADEON X1650 PRO 256MB (590/1380 MHz) (former X1600 XT), PCI-E.

Features:

ATI RADEON X1600 XT GPU, 590 MHz core clock;
Pixel processors: 12
Vertex processors: 5
Texture processors: 4
ROPs: 4
1.25ns fetch indicates 800 (1600) MHz, but the memory operates at 690 (1380) MHz. 128-bit bus;
Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 7080 megapixels/sec and 2360 megatexels/sec.

By the end of the month the product costs $90-100, supports DirectX 9.0, including Shaders 3.0. A Lower Middle-End card.

PCI-E x16. 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM in 8 Samsung chips.

On October 15, 2007 the latest drivers from ATI were CATALYST 7.10 for Windows XP/Vista.

Andrey Vorobiev (Anvakams@ixbt.com)