ATI Radeon 8500 Graphics Card

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Overview
Manufacturer
AMD
Original Series
ATI Radeon 8000
Release Date
August 14th, 2001
PCB Code
109-85700-00
Board Model
AMD 857
Graphics Processing Unit
GPU Model
R200
Architecture
ATI R200
Fabrication Process
150 nm
Die Size
68 mm2
Transistors Count
60M
Transistors Density
882.4K TRAN/mm2
Pixel Pipelines
4
Vertex Pipelines
2
TMUs
4
ROPs
4
Clocks
Base Clock
250 MHz
Boost Clock
TBC MHz
Memory Clock
250 MHz
Effective Memory Clock
500 Mbps
Memory Configuration
Memory Size
64 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus Width
128-bit
Memory Bandwidth
8.0 GB/s

Physical
Interface
AGP 4x
Height
1-slot
TDP/TBP
23 W
Recommended PSU
300 W
Display Outputs
DVI-I DualLink
1 ×
VGA
1 ×
S-Video
1 ×
API Support
DirectX
8.1
Vulkan
-
OpenGL
1.4
OpenCL
-

Performance
Pixel Fillrate
1000 Pixels/s
Texture Fillrate
1000 Texel/s




 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
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ATI Radeon 8500 Mac Edition - -
 
500 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 8500 - -
 
500 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 8500 LE - -
 
500 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 - -
 
380 MB/s
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 8500 - -
 
500 MB/s
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 8500 LE - -
 
500 MB/s
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 8500 Mac Edition - -
 
500 MB/s
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9100 - -
 
500 MB/s
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV - -
 
380 MB/s
 
64 MB D1 128b

Overview

Revolutionize your 3D gaming experience! With 64MB DDR memory and intelligent architecture, RADEON™ 8500 gives you the new level of character realism and texture versatility, raising the bar in visual quality and performance.
  • Powered by the revolutionary RADEON™ 8500 – world’s fastest and most advanced graphics processing unit (GPU)
  • Features ATI’s TRUFORM™, SMARTSHADER™ and SMOOTHVISION™, and HYPER™ Z II technologies
  • The only GPU to support DirectX® 8.1
  • Supports OpenGL® 1.3 features
  • 64MB of powerful double data rate (DDR) memory
  • Latest 3D games support the advanced features of RADEON™ 8500
  • Dual monitor and Video output support
  • Industry-leading DVD video playback
  • Digital Flat Panel (DVI) support
  • Supports 3D resolutions (32-bit color) up to 2048×1536
  • AGP universal bus (for AGP 2X/4X systems)
  • Designed and manufactured by ATI
  • Featuring CATALYST™ – ATI’s industry-leading software suite with frequently scheduled free updates providing additional features and performance over the product’s lifetime

Features

Unsurpassed 3D gaming
  • Powered by the revolutionary RADEON™ 8500 GPU and 64MB of DDR memory for the fastest and most advanced 3D graphics on the market
  • Features ATI’s innovative TRUFORM™ technology that makes the outlines of 3D characters and objects look smoother and more natural than ever before
  • High resolution 32-bit 3D gaming up to 2048×1536
  • ATI’s HYPER Z™ II technology conserves memory bandwidth for improved performance in demanding applications and boosts effective bandwidth by over 25%
  • SMOOTHVISION™ anti-aliasing – the most advanced anti-aliasing to eliminate distracting visual artifacts for smoother looking images and without serious performance compromise
Best visual effects
  • ATI’s new SMARTSHADER™ technology takes advantage of the DirectX® 8.1 features to enable more complex and realistic texture and lighting effects
  • The only graphics board to support DirectX® 8.1
  • Best performance for today’s and tomorrow’s demanding applications
  • Full support and compliance with OpenGL® 1.3 applications
  • CHARISMA ENGINE™ II supports full Transformation, Clipping and Lighting (T&L) at 75 million triangles/second peak processing capability
  • PIXEL TAPESTRY™ II, the RADEON™ 8500 3D rendering engine, powers an incredible 2.4 Gigatexels per second for the highest fill rates in 32-bit at high resolutions
Dual monitor support
  • Leading-edge HYDRAVISION™ technology supports traditional CRT monitors, flat panel displays and TVs
  • Multi-task with MultiDesk – play multi-monitor games, or work in different applications on each monitor without having to switch back-and-forth
  • Assign ‘Hot Key’ shortcuts for the most used functions
  • Vary settings from one application to the next, or choose global settings that determine the behavior of windows and dialog boxes for all applications in your multi-monitor environment
  • Learn more about HYDRAVISION™
Industry-leading video playback
  • ATI’s VIDEO IMMERSION™ II technology enables integration of industry-leading digital video features, including advanced de-interlacing algorithms for unprecedented video quality and integrated digital TV decode capability
  • Includes programmable gamma for the overlay and Frame Rate Conversion (Temporal Filtering)
  • Hardware DVD saves the expense of buying a separate MPEG-2/DVD decoder card and motion compensation allows for DVD decoding with minimum CPU usage
  • HDTV ready
DVI and TV/Video output support
  • RADEON™ 8500 uses RAGE THEATER™ companion chip for high quality video output
  • Features 165MHz integrated TMDS transmitter to support DVI up to UXGA (1600×1200) resolution
  • Get all of the incredible 3D and DVD of RADEON™ 8500 with the benefit of flat panels – crisper images, significantly reduced eyestrain and space savings
  • Use video-out to connect your PC to TV or VCR

Radeon 8500 Series Specifications

System requirements
  • Pentium® 4/III/II/Celeron™, AMD® K6/Athlon® or compatible with AGP 2X or AGP 2X/4X universal slot
  • 64MB of system memory
  • Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
  • DVD playback requires DVD drive
Graphics controller
  • RADEON™ 8500 graphics processing unit (GPU)
Memory configuration
  • 64MB of double data rate memory
Operating systems support
  • Windows® 98/98SE
  • Windows® Me
  • Windows® 2000
  • Windows® XP
Monitor support
  • CRT Monitor: 15-pin VGA connector
  • TV and VCR: s-video or composite connector
  • DVI-I (flat panel display) connector
Display support
  • Register compatible with VGA
  • BIOS compatible with VESA for super VGA
  • DDC1/2b/2b+ monitor support
  • VESA Display Power Management Support
  • Separate horizontal and vertical synchronization at TTL levels
Features
  • TRUFORM™
  • SMARTSHADER™
  • DirectX® 8.1 support
  • OpenGL® 1.3
  • SMOOTHVISION™ anti-aliasing
  • HYPER Z™ II
  • CHARISMA ENGINE™ II
  • PIXEL TAPESTRY™ II
  • VIDEO IMMERSION™ II
  • High Performance Memory Support
  • Dual Display Support
  • Integrated Transformation, Clipping and Lighting
  • Twin Cache Architecture
  • SuperScalar Rendering
  • Single-Pass Multi-texturing
  • True Color Rendering
  • Triangle Setup Engine
  • Texture Cache
  • Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering
  • Line & Edge Anti-aliasing
  • Full-Screen Anti-aliasing
  • Texture Compositing
  • Texture Decompression
  • Specular Highlights
  • Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping
  • Mip-Mapping
  • Z-buffering and Double-buffering
  • Emboss, Dot Product 3 and Environment bump mapping
  • Spherical, Dual-Paraboloid and Cubic environment mapping
  • Fog effects, texture lighting, video textures, reflections, shadows, spotlights, LOD biasing and texture morphing
Warranty
  • 3-year limited warranty

2D display modes: resolutions, colors and maximum refresh rates (Hz) in 256, 65K or 16.7M colors

Monitor ResolutionHz
640×480200
800×600200
1024×768200
1152×864200
1280×1024160
1600×1200120
1920×1080120
1920×1200100
1920×144090
2048×153685

Maximum 3D resolutions

64M
65K colors2048×1536
16.7M colors2048×1536