ATI FireGL 9800 X2-256: specs and benchmarks
Summary
ATI started FireGL 9800 X2-256 sales 1 March 2003. This is a Rage 9 architecture desktop card based on 150 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 256 MB of DDR2 memory clocked at 0.7 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 22.4 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via AGP 8x interface. 1x Molex power connector is required.
Primary details
Some basic facts about FireGL 9800 X2-256: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Rage 9 (2003−2008) | |
| GPU code name | R360 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 1 March 2003 (21 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
FireGL 9800 X2-256's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of FireGL 9800 X2-256's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 380 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 117 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Texture fill rate | 3.040 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of FireGL 9800 X2-256 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 8x | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x Molex |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on FireGL 9800 X2-256: 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 | DDR2 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on FireGL 9800 X2-256. 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 compatibility
APIs supported by FireGL 9800 X2-256, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
