Radeon® X850 Series
The Radeon® X850 series is the most extreme gaming graphics card ever created by ATI, with up to16 pipelines, the fastest frame rates and ATI’s industry-leading 3D image enhancement technology. The Radeon® X850 series delivers further on the promise of High-Definition Gaming.
Radeon® X850 graphics technology is available in two bus configurations from ATI : AGP bus configuration (8X/4X/ Universal AGP 3.0) and PCI Express™ x16 lane bus configuration.
- AGP bus configuration (8X/4X/Universal AGP 3.0):
- Radeon® X850 XT PLATINUM EDITION
- Radeon® X850 XT
- Radeon® X850 PRO
- PCI Express™ bus configuration:
- Radeon® X850 XT PLATINUM EDITION.
- Extreme Gaming
- ATI’s SmartShader™ HD, the world’s most advanced pixel shader engine, SmoothVision™ HD and 3Dc™ deliver brilliant image quality without comprising performance.
- Up to 16 parallel pixel pipelines, a 256-bit memory interface and 43 billion shader operations per second provide the power serious gamers need.
- Blockbuster Performance
- VideoShader™ HD and FullStream™ de-blocking technology deliver a finely detailed multimedia experience for streaming video and DVD playback.
- Advanced hardware acceleration reduces CPU utilization for improved system performance.
- DVI and S-Video output deliver big screen multimedia and gaming with support for HDTV.
- Ultimate Stability & Control
- ATI’s Catalyst® Control Center is a powerful and easy to use 3D acceleration configuration tool offering automatic optimal system settings, custom profiles, and assignable hotkeys to put the user in complete control of the Radeon® X850 XT PLATINUM EDITION.
- Key Features
- Up to 16 parallel rendering pipelines
- 256MB GDDR3 memory
- PCI Express® native X16 lanes support
- Direct X® 9.0 and OpenGL® 2.0 support
- SmartShader™ HD technology
- SmoothVision™ HD technology
- VideoShader™ HD technology
- HyperZ™ HD technology
- 3Dc™ Support
- DVD video playback
- DVI display support
- S-video and composite video input and output (VIVO)
- HDTV Support
- BUILT BY ATI:
Products designed and BUILT BY ATI offer: - Hassle-free manufacturer’s warranty
- Responsive and knowledgeable Customer Service Team
- Extensive online user resources and updates through ati.com
- Feature-rich, frequently updated, ATI designed Catalyst® software
- What’s In The Box:
- Radeon® X850 XT PLATINUM EDITION or Radeon® X850 XT graphics card
- Set-up CD
- Composite and S-video cables
- HDTV out cable
- DVI to VGA adapters
- Manuals
- Power cable connector
- Catalyst® Software:
- Unified graphics software suite for the ultimate in stability, performance and innovation.
- Software suite includes: Unified driver software, Hydravision™, Multimedia Center™ and REMOTE WONDER™ Software.
- Catalyst® is upgraded regularly, delivering consistent performance improvements.
- System Requirements:
- PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard and one additional adjacent expansion slot
- Connection to the system power supply is required. The power supply should have a specialized 12V graphics card power connector (adapter included)
- 350-Watt power supply or greater recommended
- 256MB of system memory
- Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
- DVD playback requires DVD drive
- Memory Configuration:
- 256MB GDDR3 memory
- 256-bit memory interface
- Operating Systems:
- Windows® XP (Home or Pro)
- Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 1 (or later).
- Windows® Media Center Edition
- Warranty:
- 3-year limited
- Display Support:
- DVI-I connector(s) for digital CRTs or flat panels
- DVI-I to VGA adapters provided for analog displays
- S-Video/Composite Video In/Video Out adapter cable
- Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates
Mode Tables:
2D DISPLAY MODES
Resolutions, colors and maximum refresh rates (Hz) in 256, 65K or 16.7M colors
| Monitor Resolution | Hz |
| 640×480 | 200 |
| 800×600 | 200 |
| 1024×768 | 200 |
| 1152×864 | 200 |
| 1280×1024 | 160 |
| 1600×1200 | 120 |
| 1920×1080* 16:9 | 120 |
| 1920×1200 | 100 |
| 1920×1440 | 90 |
| 2048×1536 | 85 |
*16:9 aspect ratio monitors are supported on 1920×1080 and 848×480 on Windows® XP, Windows® 2000 and Windows® ME. The complete list of resolutions depends on the driver version and operating system. NOTE: resolutions are limited by the performance of the attached monitor. DVI-I monitors will be limited to 1600×1200.
MAXIMUM 3D RESOLUTIONS
| 65K colors | 2048×1536 |
| 16.7M colors | 2048×1536 |
| Product Name | Radeon® X850 XT PLATINUM EDITION | Radeon® X850 XT | Radeon® X850 PRO |
| Memory Clock Speed (MHz) | 590 | 540 | 500 |
| Engine Clock Speed (MHz) | 540 | 520 | 500 |
Overview & Features
The Radeon® X850 series delivers further on the promise of high-definition gaming. with up to 16 pipelines, the fastest frame rates and ATI’s industry-leading 3D image enhancement technology.
High-definition Gaming with Blockbuster Features
The Radeon® X850 series advances high-definition gaming with blockbuster features, including SmartShader™ HD, ATI’s highly advanced pixel shader engine. With up to 16 parallel pixel pipelines and up to 43 billion shader operations per second, the Radeon® X850 series delivers the power serious gamers need.
SmoothVision™ HD combines advanced texture filtering with ATI’s revolutionary 3Dc™ image enhancement technology to deliver brilliant image quality without compromising performance. 3Dc™ has quickly become an industry standard for supporting complex, high-definition visual effects in real time.
Hyper Z™ HD, ATI’s intelligent data compression technology, enables the Radeon® X850 series to optimize available memory bandwidth for ultra-high resolution 3D gaming and ultra-fast performance. The result is an extreme gaming experience, making this an excellent choice for serious gamers.
Tomorrow’s Video Experience Today
With VideoShader™ HD, the Radeon® X850 series delivers a futuristic multimedia experience for Internet streaming video and DVD playback. The Radeon® X850 offers advanced hardware acceleration of video for reduced CPU utilization which increases overall system performance. Comprehensive support for industry-standard video formats, such as MPEG1/2/4, Real Media, DivX and WMV9 is also included. ATI’s FullStream™ vvideo processing technology further sharpens streaming video playback image quality.
The Solution for Extreme Gaming
With its sophisticated board design, the Radeon® X850 series is perfectly suited for today’s newest and most demanding games. Power throttling technology together with the complex fan control system vastly improves overall stability and performance.
The Radeon® X850 series also features ATI’s incredible display architecture, now with dual-DVI support. With output to HDTV capability, big screen multimedia and gaming is now larger and sharper than ever before. Users can simultaneously view on analog and digital monitors, including TV or HDTV, for the ultimate gaming, multimedia and applications multitasking experience.
Ultimate Performance and Stability
The Radeon® X850 series features ATI’s all-new Catalyst® Control Center, the award-winning application that is revolutionizing how users interact with their graphics software. Catalyst® Control Center delivers stable 3D acceleration control software, providing exceptional graphics performance and breathtaking visual quality, while giving users complete command of their graphics processing unit.
Radeon® X850 is certified by Imaging Science Research Labs Inc.
The Imaging Science Research Labs (ISF RL) certification and logo identify ATI’s Media Center Edition-ready products as best-in-class multimedia components, tested and verified to meet a superior level of technical performance, and the approval of the most discerning eye and ear.
