ATI FireGL 9700 X1-256p: specs and benchmarks
Summary
ATI started FireGL 9700 X1-256p sales 1 July 2002. This is a Rage 8 architecture desktop card based on 150 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 256 MB of DDR memory clocked at 0.55 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 17.66 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via AGP Pro 8x interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 37 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about FireGL 9700 X1-256p: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2006) | |
GPU code name | R300 | |
Market segment | Workstation | |
Release date | 1 July 2002 (21 year ago) |
Technical specs
FireGL 9700 X1-256p's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of FireGL 9700 X1-256p's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Core clock speed | 324 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
Number of transistors | 110 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 2.592 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of FireGL 9700 X1-256p and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | AGP Pro 8x | |
Width | 1-slot | |
Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on FireGL 9700 X1-256p: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | DDR | |
Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 552 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 17.66 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on FireGL 9700 X1-256p. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API support
APIs supported by FireGL 9700 X1-256p, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 9.0 (9_0) | |
OpenGL | 2.0 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
OpenCL | N/A | |
Vulkan | N/A |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with FireGL 9700 X1-256p according to our statistics.