ATI GameCube GPU
- Graphics Processor
- Flipper
- Pixel Shaders
- 4
- Vertex Shaders
- 1
- TMUs
- 4
- ROPs
- 4
- Memory Size
- 16 MB
- Memory Type
- SDR
- Bus Width
- 64 bit
GPU
Chip
The GameCube GPU was a performance-segment gaming console graphics solution by ATI, launched in August 2000. Built on the 180 nm process, and based on the Flipper graphics processor, the device supports DirectX 6.0+. The Flipper graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 120 mm² and 51 million transistors. It features 4 pixel shaders and 1 vertex shader 4 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. ATI includes 16 MB SDR memory, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 162 MHz, memory is running at 162 MHz.
Its power draw is rated at 45 W maximum. The console's dimensions are 150 mm x 161 mm x 110 mm, and it features a igp cooling solution. Its price at launch was 199 US Dollars.
Its power draw is rated at 45 W maximum. The console's dimensions are 150 mm x 161 mm x 110 mm, and it features a igp cooling solution. Its price at launch was 199 US Dollars.
Graphics Processor
Graphics Card
- Release Date
- Aug 24th, 2000
- Generation
-
Console GPU
(Nintendo)
- Production
- End-of-life
- Launch Price
- 199 USD
- Bus Interface
- IGP
Clock Speeds
- GPU Clock
- 162 MHz
- Memory Clock
- 162 MHz
Memory
- Memory Size
- 16 MB
- Memory Type
- SDR
- Memory Bus
- 64 bit
- Bandwidth
- 1.296 GB/s
Render Config
- Pixel Shaders
- 4
- Vertex Shaders
- 1
- TMUs
- 4
- ROPs
- 4
Theoretical Performance
- Pixel Rate
- 648.0 MPixel/s
- Vertex Rate
- 40.50 MVertices/s
- Texture Rate
- 648.0 MTexel/s
Board Design
- Slot Width
- IGP
- Length
- 150 mm
5.9 inches
- Width
- 161 mm
6.3 inches
- Height
- 110 mm
4.3 inches
- Weight
- 2.4 kg (5.3 lbs)
- TDP
- 45 W
- Suggested PSU
- 350 W
- Outputs
- No outputs
Graphics Features
- DirectX
- 6.0+
- OpenGL
- N/A
- OpenCL
- N/A
- Vulkan
- N/A
- Pixel Shader
- 1.0
- Vertex Shader
- 1.0
Flipper GPU Notes
| Floating Point Operations: 8 GFLOPS TEV "Texture EnVironment" engine (similar to Nvidia's GeForce-class "register combiners") Fixed-function hardware transform and lighting (T&L), 20+ million polygons in-game 648 megapixels/second (162 MHz × 4 pipelines) 648 megatexels/second (648 MP × 1 texture unit) (peak) Peak triangle performance: 20,250,000 32-pixel triangles/s raw and with 1 texture and lighting or 337,500 triangles a frame at 60 fps 8 texture layers per pass, texture compression, full scene anti-aliasing 8 simultaneous hardware light sources up to 32 software light sources Bilinear, trilinear, and anisotropic texture filtering Multi-texturing, bump mapping, reflection mapping, 24-bit z-buffer 24-bit RGB/32-bit RGBA color depth Hardware limitations sometimes require a 6r+6g+6b+6a mode (18-bit color), resulting in color banding. |