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Sapphire Blizzard X850 XT Platinum Edition

Graphics Processor
R480
Pixel Shaders
16
Vertex Shaders
6
TMUs
16
ROPs
16
Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
256 bit
Front GPU Chip
GPU Chip
GPU

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
R480
GPU Variant
R480 XT X850
(215RCJAGA11F)
Architecture
R400
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
130 nm
Transistors
160 million
Density
538.7K / mm²
Die Size
297 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Dec 21st, 2004
Jun 4th, 2005
Generation
Radeon R400 PCIe
(X850)
Predecessor
Radeon R300
Successor
Radeon R500 PCIe
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
540 MHz
Memory Clock
590 MHz
1180 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
256 bit
Bandwidth
37.76 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
16
Vertex Shaders
6
TMUs
16
ROPs
16

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
8.640 GPixel/s
Vertex Rate
810.0 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
8.640 GTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
TDP
67 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
Outputs
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
Board Number
109-A47401-00,
109-A47401-10

Graphics Features

DirectX
9.0b (9_2)
OpenGL
2.1
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Pixel Shader
2.0b
Vertex Shader
2.0b

R480 GPU Notes

Codename: Thor
Graphics/Compute: GFX2
Smart Shader HD
Smooth Vision HD
TruForm 2.0
FullStream
Hyper Z HD
Video Shader HD
3Dc Compression
Programmable pixel&vertex pipelines

Other retail boards based on this design (3)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
PowerColor X850 Platinum Edition
540 MHz 590 MHz
Sapphire Blizzard X850 XT Platinum Edition
540 MHz 590 MHz
Sapphire Blizzard X850 XT Platinum Edition
540 MHz 590 MHz
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