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ATI Radeon 8500 LE

Graphics Processor
R200
Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
2
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Memory Size
64 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon 8500 LE was a graphics card by ATI, launched on February 4th, 2002. Built on the 150 nm process, and based on the R200 graphics processor, in its 215R7AAGA13H variant, the card supports DirectX 8.1. Since Radeon 8500 LE does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The R200 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 120 mm² and 60 million transistors. It features 4 pixel shaders and 2 vertex shaders, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). ATI has paired 64 MB DDR memory with the Radeon 8500 LE, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 250 MHz, memory is running at 250 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the ATI Radeon 8500 LE does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 23 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. Radeon 8500 LE is connected to the rest of the system using an AGP 4x interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
R200
GPU Variant
215R7AAGA13H
Architecture
Rage 7
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
150 nm
Transistors
60 million
Density
500.0K / mm²
Die Size
120 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Feb 4th, 2002
Generation
Radeon R200
(8500)
Predecessor
Radeon R100
Successor
Radeon R300
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
AGP 4x

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
250 MHz
Memory Clock
250 MHz
500 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
64 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
8.000 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
4
Vertex Shaders
2
TMUs
8
ROPs
4

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
1.000 GPixel/s
Vertex Rate
125.0 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
2.000 GTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
TDP
23 W
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
109-85700-00

Graphics Features

DirectX
8.1
OpenGL
1.3
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Pixel Shader
1.4
Vertex Shader
1.1

Card Notes

Variant memory: 128 MB

R200 GPU Notes

Codename: Chaplin
Graphics/Compute: GFX1
Charisma Engine II
Pixel Tapestry II
Smart Shader 1.0
Smooth Vision 1.0
TruForm 1.0
Hyper Z
Video Immersion II
Programmable pixel&vertex pipelines

Latest Drivers:
Windows 98 / Me / 2000:
Catalyst Software Suite 6.2

Windows XP:
Catalyst Software Suite 6.11
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