ATI Radeon X1650 XT Graphics Card

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Overview
Manufacturer
AMD
Original Series
Radeon X1K
Release Date
October 30th, 2006
Launch Price
$149
PCB Code
109-A88031-00
Board Model
AMD A880
Graphics Processing Unit
GPU Model
RV560
Architecture
ATI R500
Fabrication Process
80 nm
Die Size
230 mm2
Transistors Count
330M
Transistors Density
1.4M TRAN/mm2
Pixel Pipelines
24
Vertex Pipelines
8
TMUs
8
ROPs
8
Clocks
Base Clock
525 MHz
Boost Clock
TBC MHz
Memory Clock
700 MHz
Effective Memory Clock
1400 Mbps
Memory Configuration
Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus Width
128-bit
Memory Bandwidth
22.4 GB/s

Physical
Interface
PCI-Express 1.0 x16
Height
1-slot
TDP/TBP
55 W
Recommended PSU
350 W
Display Outputs
DVI-I DualLink
2 ×
S-Video
1 ×
API Support
DirectX
9.0c
Vulkan
-
OpenGL
2.0
OpenCL
-

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




  Model nameBoostMemoryPowerCustom SeriesPopularity
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GeCube X1650XT Gemini 2
 
38%
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HIS X1650 XT 256MB IceQ Turbo AGP
H165XTQT256GDDA-R
IceQ
 
78%
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HIS X1650 XT 256MB iSilence II
H165XTP256GDD-R
iSilence
 
40%
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HIS X1650 XT 512MB IceQ Turbo AGP
H165XTQT512GDDA-R
IceQ
 
74%
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MSI X1650 XT 256MB
RX1650XT-T2D256EZ
 
46%
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MSI X1650 XT 256MB
RX1650XT-T2D256E
 
97%
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VisionTek X1650XT Quad
 
100%
 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
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ATI Radeon X1950 XTX Uber Edition - -
 
2 Gbps
 
2 GB GD4 256b
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ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition - -
 
2 Gbps
 
512 MB GD4 256b
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ATI Radeon X1950 XTX - -
 
2 Gbps
 
512 MB GD4 256b
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ATI Radeon X1900 XTX - -
 
1.6 Gbps
 
512 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition - -
 
1.5 Gbps
 
512 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1800 CrossFire Edition - -
 
1.4 Gbps
 
512 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1800 XT - -
 
1.4 Gbps
 
512 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1600 - -
 
800 Mbps
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1900 XT - -
 
1.5 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1950 XT - -
 
1.8 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1550 - -
 
660 Mbps
 
256 MB D2 64b
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ATI Radeon X1550 AGP - -
 
660 Mbps
 
256 MB D2 64b
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ATI Radeon X1650 PRO - -
 
1.4 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon X1650 PRO AGP - -
 
1.4 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon X1600 XT - -
 
1.4 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon X1650 GTO - -
 
784 Mbps
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition - -
 
1.2 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1900 GT - -
 
1.2 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1950 PRO - -
 
1.4 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1300 - -
 
800 Mbps
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1300 XT - -
 
800 Mbps
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1650 XT - -
 
1.4 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon X1800 XL - -
 
1 Gbps
 
256 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1800 GTO - -
 
990 Mbps
 
256 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1300 XT AGP - -
 
800 Mbps
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1600 PRO - -
 
780 Mbps
 
256 MB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon X1600 PRO AGP - -
 
780 Mbps
 
256 MB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon X1650 - -
 
800 Mbps
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1650 AGP - -
 
800 Mbps
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1800 GTO2 - -
 
990 Mbps
 
256 MB GD3 256b
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ATI Radeon X1300 PRO - -
 
800 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon X1300 PRO AGP - -
 
800 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon X1550 HyperMemory 256MB - -
 
660 Mbps
 
128 MB D2 64b
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ATI Radeon X1050 - -
 
666 Mbps
 
128 MB D2 64b
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ATI Radeon X1650 GT - -
 
800 Mbps
 
128 MB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon X1050 AGP - -
 
400 Mbps
 
128 MB D1 128b
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ATI Radeon X1300 LE - -
 
500 Mbps
 
64 MB D1 64b
 ModelCoresBoost ClockMemory ClockMemory Config.
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ATI Radeon X1600 - -
 
800 MB/s
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1650 GTO - -
 
784 MB/s
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1650 XT - -
 
1.4 GB/s
 
256 MB GD3 128b
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ATI Radeon X1650 - -
 
800 MB/s
 
256 MB D2 128b
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ATI Radeon X1650 GT - -
 
800 MB/s
 
128 MB GD3 128b

ATI Radeon™ X1650 Overview

Radeon™ X1650 Series – Blistering graphics for games and movies.

The Radeon™ X1650 series delivers excellent performance, and all the extensive features of a high-end graphics processor.

Your system will be able to play popular PC games, and watch high definition digital video, with confidence. The X1650 is capable of displaying a billion colors more than competing graphics processors, boasts one of the highest video performance scores in the industry, and can bring today’s top games to life with outstanding shader performance and simultaneous high dynamic range lighting and full screen anti-aliasing, available only with ATI products.

ATI Radeon™ X1650 Specifications

Features

  • Dual-link DVI
  • Twelve pixel shader processors
  • Five vertex shader processors
  • 128-bit 4-channel DDR/DDR2/GDDR3 memory interface
  • Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
  • AGP 8x configurations also supported with AGP-PCI-E external bridge chip
  • Dynamic Voltage Control

Ring Bus Memory Controller

  • 256-bit internal ring bus for memory reads
  • Programmable intelligent arbitration logic
  • Fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs
  • Hierarchical Z-buffer with Early Z test
  • Lossless Z Compression (up to 48:1)
  • Fast Z-Buffer Clear
  • Z/stencil cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering

Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine

  • Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
  • Full speed 128-bit floating point processing for all shader operations
  • Up to 128 simultaneous pixel threads
  • Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic branching and flow control
  • Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency
  • 3Dc+ texture compression
    • High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and two-channel data formats
    • High quality 2:1 compression for luminance maps and single-channel data formats
  • Multiple Render Target (MRT) support
  • Render to vertex buffer support
  • Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.0

Advanced Image Quality Features

  • 64-bit floating point HDR rendering supported throughout the pipeline
    • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing
  • 32-bit integer HDR (10:10:10:2) format supported throughout the pipeline
    • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing
  • 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes
    • Multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable sparse sample patterns, and centroid sampling
    • New Adaptive Anti-Aliasing feature with Performance and Quality modes
    • Temporal Anti-Aliasing mode
    • Lossless Color Compression (up to 6:1) at all resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions
  • 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes
    • Up to 128-tap texture filtering
    • Adaptive algorithm with Performance and Quality options
  • High resolution texture support (up to 4k x 4k)

Avivo™ Video and Display Platform

  • High performance programmable video processor
    • Accelerated MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264 decoding and transcoding
    • DXVA support
    • De-blocking and noise reduction filtering
    • Motion compensation, IDCT, DCT and color space conversion
    • Vector adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing
    • 3:2 pulldown (frame rate conversion)
  • Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
  • HDR tone mapping acceleration
    • Maps any input format to 10 bit per channel output
  • Flexible display support
    • DVI 1.0 compliant / HDMI® interoperable and HDCP ready1
    • Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs
    • 16 bit per channel floating point HDR and 10 bit per channel DVI output
    • Programmable piecewise linear gamma correction, color correction, and color space conversion (10 bits per color)
    • Complete, independent color controls and video overlays for each display
    • High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with underscan support for all outputs
    • Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays
    • Xilleon™ TV encoder for high quality analog output
    • YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays
    • Spatial/temporal dithering enables 10-bit color quality on 8-bit and 6-bit displays
    • Fast, glitch-free mode switching
    • VGA mode support on all outputs
    • Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates
  • Compatible with ATI TV/Video encoder products, including Theater 550

CrossFire™

  • Multi-GPU technology
  • Four modes of operation:
    • Alternate Frame Rendering (maximum performance)
    • Supertiling (optimal load-balancing)
    • Scissor (compatibility)
    • Super AA 8x/10x/12x/14x (maximum image quality)
  • Native CrossFire support simplifies setup by requiring no dedicated slave or master hardware
  • 24-bit CrossFire connection enables high resolutions and refresh rates
  • Supports the broadest range of platforms for both Intel and AMD

AMD Delivers Innovative Gaming Experience At A Knockout Value With The ATI Radeon X1650® XT

– Simplifies multi-GPU experience by making use of new native CrossFire™ technology-

SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — 10/30/2006 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced an innovative graphics card that makes use of its new native CrossFire™ technology, the ATI Radeon® X1650 XT. With its incredible image quality features and superb performance, the ATI Radeon X1650 XT delivers enthusiast-class technology at an impressive price point. The ATI Radeon X1650 XT will hit store shelves during the week of 13 November, at an estimated street price of US$149.

The ATI Radeon X1650 XT enables a breathtaking gaming experience, as the graphics card has the ability to enable High Dynamic Range effects and anti-aliasing at the same time. Sharp texture filtering captures every element and detail of each scene.

“The ATI Radeon X1650 XT redefines value at this phenomenal level of performance and features”, said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, Graphics Products Group, AMD. “This new product simplifies the CrossFire experience by using two identical ATI Radeon X1650 XT CrossFire branded cards. Gamers can expect strong performance, flexibility and upgradeability with this new card.”

The new CrossFire technology also works on the broad range of Intel® and AMD platforms, including AMD socket 939 and AM2 motherboards, as well as Intel 975X and P965 motherboards.

Using Avivo™ technology, the ATI Radeon X1650 XT provides incredible quality video playback for today’s high-definition media formats, displaying one billion colors, or 10-bit throughout the graphics pipeline1. The new card is HDCP-compliant, including a built-in EEPROM and HDCP key2. The ATI Radeon X1650 XT is also ready for Windows Vista™ with Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certified drivers from AMD, in order to give users the complete Windows Vista experience, including the Aero™ interface3.

For more information on the ATI Radeon X1650 XT, native CrossFire technology, or any AMD products please visit http://ati.amd.com

About Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets. AMD is dedicated to driving open innovation, choice and industry growth by delivering superior customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses worldwide. For more information, visit www.amd.com.

Cautionary Statement
Certain statements in this news release, including but not limited to the features, performance, pricing and availability of the Radeon® X1650 XT may be considered “forward-looking”. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, and, accordingly, entail various risks and uncertainties. Assumptions applied in making, and potential risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, potential software or hardware-related issues or conflicts, the development of new products or technologies, overall system performance and other unforeseen risks. We therefore cannot provide any assurance that such forward-looking statements will materialize. We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or any other reason. Additional information concerning risks and uncertainties affecting our business and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement is contained in our filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulatory authorities, including our 2005 Annual Information Form and 2005 Annual Report filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Our Form 40-F and other filings we make with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are available on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

1A monitor capable of displaying 10-bit color is also required in order to enjoy the benefits of 10-bit color from the ATI Radeon X1650 series.
2ATI Radeon X1650 XT graphics cards built by AMD are HDCP-compliant, including a built-in EEPROM and HDCP key. Other components such as HDCP content and an HDCP-capable display are also required and not provided by AMD Inc. Third parties have the option of making their ATI Radeon X1650 XT boards HDCP-compliant as well. If this is an important feature to you, check with the third party board partner prior to purchasing a third party product.
3On PCs configured to Microsoft Windows Vista™ Premium system requirements, this product supports the Premium Windows Aero™ User Experience within: Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, and Windows Vista Enterprise. Details at windowsvista.com/getready