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Sapphire Blizzard X850 XT Platinum Edition

Graphics Processor: R480
Pixel Shaders: 16
Vertex Shaders: 6
TMUs: 16
ROPs: 16
Memory Size: 256 MB
Memory Type: GDDR3
Bus Width: 256 bit

GPU

Graphics Processor

GPU Name: R480

GPU Variant: R480 XT X850
(215RCJAGA11F)

Architecture: R400

Foundry: TSMC

Process Size: 130 nm

Transistors: 160 million

Density: 538.7K / mm²

Die Size: 297 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date: ~~Dec 21st, 2004~~
Jun 4th, 2005

Generation: Radeon R400 PCIe
(X850)

Predecessor: Radeon R300

Successor: Radeon R500 PCIe

Production: End-of-life

Bus Interface: PCIe 1.0 x16

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock: 540 MHz

Memory Clock: 590 MHz
1180 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size: 256 MB

Memory Type: GDDR3

Memory Bus: 256 bit

Bandwidth: 37.76 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders: 16

Vertex Shaders: 6

TMUs: 16

ROPs: 16

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate: 8.640 GPixel/s

Vertex Rate: 810.0 MVertices/s

Texture Rate: 8.640 GTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width: Dual-slot

TDP: 67 W

Suggested PSU: 250 W

Outputs: 2x DVI
1x S-Video

Power Connectors: 1x 6-pin

Board Number: 109-A47401-00,
109-A47401-10

Graphics Features

DirectX: 9.0b (9_2)

OpenGL: 2.1

OpenCL: N/A

Vulkan: N/A

Pixel Shader: 2.0b

Vertex Shader: 2.0b

R480 GPU Notes

Codename: Thor
Graphics/Compute: GFX2
Smart Shader HD
Smooth Vision HD
TruForm 2.0
FullStream
Hyper Z HD
Video Shader HD
3Dc Compression
Programmable pixel&vertex pipelines

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
Catalyst Software Suite 6.2

Windows XP / Vista:
Catalyst Software Suite 10.2

Other retail boards based on this design (3)

Name	GPU Clock	Memory Clock
PowerColor X850 Platinum Edition	540 MHz	590 MHz
Sapphire Blizzard X850 XT Platinum Edition	540 MHz	590 MHz
Sapphire Blizzard X850 XT Platinum Edition	540 MHz	590 MHz