Sapphire Radeon X800 XT - PCI Express

Name: Sapphire Radeon X800 XT - PCI Express - Page 2
Brand: Sapphire

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, November 17, 2004, 10:00 PM EDT

We like to physically inspect every piece of hardware that enters the HotHardware lab before installing it into our test system to evaluate performance. Below we have some pictures of Sapphire's PCI Express Radeon X800 XT, highlighting some of its more interesting physical attributes...

The Sapphire Radeon X800 XT - PCI Express

High-End PCIe Graphics

Sapphire's PCI Express Radeon X800 XT is strictly modeled after ATi's reference design, save for the custom decal affixed to the fan shroud. The card is built upon a bright red PCB, with a sizable copper heatsink that's equipped with a large fan. During normal operation, we found the cooling solution installed on the Sapphire Radeon X800 XT to be extremely silent, which is a big plus in our book. The GPU is clocked at 500MHz (8.0GPixel/s fillrate) and the 256MB of Samsung GDDR3 memory is clocked at 500MHz (1.0GHz effective) as well. Sapphire has also equipped this card with ATi's Rage Theater chip, which gives it its video in / video out functionality. The ViVo connector is visible on the mounting plate, in between the DB15 and DVI outputs. This connector configuration gives users the ability to connect the Sapphire X800 XT to just about any television, LCD or monitor. And it can power dual-independent displays concurrently thanks to the inherent capabilities built-into the X800 GPU.

Tags: Radeon, Sapphire, App, PC, Pre, PCI Express, XP, pci, SAP, express, XT, X8, AP

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Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com