ATI Technologies Radeon 8500 User Manual

RADEON
™
8500/ RADEON
7500
™
User’s Guide
Version 1.0 P/N 137-40282-10
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ATI Technologies Radeon 8500 Specifications

General

GPU	Radeon 8500
Manufacturer	ATI Technologies
GPU Architecture	R200
Process Technology	150 nm
Transistors	60 million
Core Clock	275 MHz
Memory Size	64 MB / 128 MB
Memory Type	DDR SDRAM
Memory Bus Width	128-bit
Bandwidth	8.8 GB/s
DirectX Support	8.1
OpenGL Support	1.3
Shader Model	1.4
Pixel Pipelines	4
ROPs	4
Interface	AGP 4x
Max Resolution	2048 x 1536
Pixel Shaders	1.4
Vertex Shaders	1.1
Memory Clock	550 MHz
TMUs	4