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 ATI 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 ATI 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

ATI 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.
• ATI 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
640x480	200
800x600	200
1024x768	200
1152x864	200
1280x1024	160
1600x1200	120
1920x1080* 16:9	120
1920x1200	100
1920x1440	90
2048x1536	85

*16:9 aspect ratio monitors are supported on 1920x1080 and 848x480 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 1600x1200.

MAXIMUM 3D RESOLUTIONS

65K colors	2048x1536
16.7M colors	2048x1536

 

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