ATI Radeon 9550 XL Graphics Card

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Overview
Manufacturer
AMD
Original Series
ATI Radeon 9000
Release Date
October 1st, 2003
PCB Code
109-A03531-10
P/N Code
102-A03531-10
Model
AMD A035 SKU 031
Graphics Processing Unit
GPU Model
RV350
Architecture
ATI R300
Fabrication Process
130 nm
Die Size
92 mm2
Transistors Count
76M
Transistors Density
826.1K TRAN/mm2
Pixel Pipelines
4
Vertex Pipelines
2
TMUs
4
ROPs
4
Clocks
Base Clock
275 MHz
Boost Clock
TBC MHz
Memory Clock
200 MHz
Effective Memory Clock
400 Mbps
Memory Configuration
Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus Width
128-bit
Memory Bandwidth
6.4 GB/s

Physical
Interface
AGP 8x
Height
1-slot
Display Outputs
DVI-I DualLink
1 ×
VGA
1 ×
S-Video
1 ×
API Support
DirectX
9.0
Vulkan
-
OpenGL
2.0
OpenCL
-

Performance
Pixel Fillrate
1.1 GPixels/s
Texture Fillrate
1.1 GTexel/s




 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
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ATI Radeon 9800 XT - -
 
730 Mbps
 
256 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9800 XT Mac Edition - -
 
730 Mbps
 
256 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 256MB - -
 
680 Mbps
 
256 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9550 XL - -
 
400 Mbps
 
256 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9550 - -
 
400 Mbps
 
256 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9600 XT - -
 
600 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9550 XT - -
 
650 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9600 PRO - -
 
600 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9600 PRO PC and MAC Edition - -
 
60 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9800 XXL - -
 
676 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB - -
 
680 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9800 XL - -
 
680 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9800 PRO Mac Edition - -
 
676 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9800 SE - -
 
580 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9700 PRO - -
 
620 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9800 - -
 
580 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9600 TX - -
 
540 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9500 128MB - -
 
540 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9500 PRO - -
 
540 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9700 - -
 
540 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 256b
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ATI Radeon 9200 - -
 
400 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9200 Mac Edition - -
 
400 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9250 PCI - -
 
400 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 64b
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ATI Radeon 9200 PRO - -
 
328 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9600 SE - -
 
400 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 64b
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ATI Radeon 9600 - -
 
378 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9000 PRO - -
 
550 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Mac Edition - -
 
550 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9500 64MB - -
 
540 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9000 - -
 
400 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9100 - -
 
500 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9200 LE - -
 
400 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9550 SE - -
 
400 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 64b
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ATI Radeon 9250 - -
 
400 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 64b
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ATI Radeon 9200 SE - -
 
332 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 64b
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ATI Radeon 9550 XL - -
 
400 MB/s
 
256 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9550 - -
 
400 MB/s
 
256 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9550 XT - -
 
650 MB/s
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 PRO - -
 
650 MB/s
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 - -
 
392 MB/s
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon X1050 AGP - -
 
400 MB/s
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9600 SE - -
 
400 MB/s
 
64 MB D1 64b
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ATI Radeon 9600 - -
 
378 MB/s
 
64 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon 9550 SE - -
 
400 MB/s
 
64 MB D1 64b

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Overview

The Radeon® 9550 delivers an exceptional visual experience for the value minded gamer and PC enthusiast. With 128 bit and DDR memory and impressive processor speed of its innovative .13micron visual processing unit (GPU), the Radeon® 9550 takes you to a world of lush graphics with a stutter free experience. Its 4 pixel rendering pipelines with a fill rate of 1.0 giga-pixels per second combine to deliver dramatic image detail which adds to great 3D game play and a immersive video playback experience!

At-a-glance:
  • The Radeon® 9550 provides full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 allowing you to immerse yourself in real-time cinematic game play for today’s and tomorrow’s game titles
  • Advanced digital video support for flat panel displays (DVI + VGA + VO and dual monitor support included)
  • Enhanced de-blocking technology delivers superior streamed internet video playback
  • Innovative decoding technology with reduced reliance on the main CPU significantly improves DVD and HDTV video playback quality
  • Driven with the industry leading stability and reliability of ATI’s Catalyst® certified driver suite

Radeon 9550 Series Specifications

Technology Features
  • 4 parallel pixel pipelines
  • 2 programmable vertex shader pipelines
  • 128-bit dual-channel DDR memory interface
  • AGP8x/4x
SmartShader™ 2.0
  • Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
  • DirectX® 9.0 Vertex Shaders
    • Vertex programs up to 65,280 instructions with flow control
  • DirectX® 9.0 Pixel Shaders
    • Up to 1,536 instructions and 16 textures per rendering pass
    • 32 temporary and constant registers
    • 128-bit, 64-bit & 32-bit per pixel floating point color formats
    • Multiple Render Target (MRT) support
  • Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® via extensions
SmoothVision™ 2.1
  • 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
  • Hierarchical Z-Buffer with Early Z Test
  • 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 compliant / HDMI interoperable and HDCP ready*)
  • Integrated TV Output support up to 1024×768 resolution
  • Windows® Logo Program compliant
  • ATI Catalyst® Software Suite

* Currently there is no commercially available HDCP content. ATI’s Radeon® X and Radeon® 9550 series of GPUs are capable of processing HDCP signals (“HDCP ready”), however ATI does not presently manufacture any graphics cards which are HDCP ready. Some third parties manufacture graphics cards containing ATI GPUs — you can inquire of them which models, if any, — are HDCP ready.

 

† With optional HDTV adapter available from ATI Online Store

Copyright 2004, ATI Technologies Inc. ATI, Radeon, HyperZ, SmartShader, SmoothVision, FullStream and VideoShader are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. Direct X is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, performance and specifications may vary by operating environment and graphics boards and are subject to change without notice. Printed in Canada.