ATI is announcing an entire line of products based on their new core GPU architecture, each clocked at different speeds, and targeting different price points and performance levels.

  ATI's new Radeon® X1000 video chipsets are out! The X1300, X1600, X1800, and X1900 series graphics cards deliver unique quality-enhancing features offered exclusively by ATI. This new series has basically four families, each one for a distinct market segment: Radeon X1300 for the entry-level market, Radeon X1600 for the mid-range market and Radeon X1800 for the high-end market, and the Radeon X1900 for the extreme performance market. In each series there are several models being launched. The RADEON X1000 is a completely new architecture that has little in common with ATI’s previous generations of GPUs. By the way, the senior model of the RADEON families, RADEON X1900 (R580) chip, is the most complex with 384 million transistors. Note that the RADEON X1800 (R520) chip, is also very complex with 320 million transistors, the RADEON X1600 (RV530) targeted for the mainstream market segments consists of 157 million transistors, while RADEON X1300 (RV515) is the first value chip that is built on about 100 million transistors.

  The Radeon X1000 series is completely different from prior generation cards, It utilizes a full FP32 precision all of the time, meaning that partial precision hints in the game engine's code are simply ignored by ATI's new architecture in the same way that they were with all GPU's residing from R300. Essentially, this means that all shader instructions will be processed and completed using a full 128-bit floating point precision, through all of the Radeon X1000 series. Adding hardware assist for video playback has become more important for graphics cards. Current video cards already accelerate basic MPEG-2 and WMV9 video playback to reduce CPU utilization, but ATI's new Radeon X1000 series cards will support the new H.264 and VC-1 HD compression formats in advance of Blu-ray and HD DVD. The new cards also have advanced video de-interlacing and scaling support to improve image quality.

  The new ATI video cards are out in the markets, and it looks like ATI fans are in for an interesting surprise. The X1300, X1600 won't need a master card. It appears that ATI will make new drivers that is to be release soon and that enables Crossfire over the PCIe bus on Radeon X1300 and X1600 video cards. That will eliminating the need for dedicated master cards. Low end NVIDIA cards can already run in SLI mode with out any additional support. Even on high end cards, the SLI bridge can be removed with a performance hit. These bridge-less, cable-less Radeons will represent the purest vision of a multi-GPU configuration. Rather than purchase a Built By ATI master card, any Radeon X1600 will work together in Crossfire mode. Radeon X850, X1800, and the brand new X1900 series will still require a master card to enable Crossfire.

  ATI focused on efficiency and scalability with their new GPU architecture. Their goals were to reduce idle time and latency, while decoupling processing units from their previous rigidly defined pipelines. ATI also wanted to expand their feature set, and they've done so by finally introducing full Shader Model 3.0 support in the entire X1000 graphics family, from top to bottom. The entire line supports ATI CrossFire multi-GPU rendering, they have dual-link DVI outputs and are equipped with ATI's recently announced Avivo video engine.

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New on Radeon X1000 series:
  • Shader 3.0 model DirectX 9.0c.
  • Ring bus memory controller on Radeon X1900, X1800 and X1600 series.
  • 64-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) with anti-aliasing at the same time.
  • New anti-aliasing (adaptive anti-aliasing) and anisotropic filter (high quality anisotropic filter a.k.a. HQ AF) modes.
  • Full time 32-bit floating point precision.
  • 2D video processing enhancements, called Avivo (competes with PureVideo, which is available on GeForce series 6 and 7 from nVidia). Basically what both Avivo and PureVideo do is to make 2D video processing (MPEG2 decoding) to be done by the graphics chip instead of the CPU, increasing the performance of your system and it will free up your CPU.
  • 90 nm manufacturing process.
  • CrossFire support for all models.

Each of the new graphics processors feature:

  • Ultra-threaded shader architecture to run today's shader-intense games faster than any product already on the market.
  • Revolutionary new memory architecture that makes the GPUs incredibly efficient, improving performance even more.
  • Fast and efficient 3D image quality that delivers the best looking games while maintaining blistering fast performance.
  • Avivo, ATI's technologies to greatly improve display quality and refine video playback.
  • Radeon X1000 series uses a 64-bit floating point register for HDR, using 16-bit for each video component.

CrossFire

  • Multi-GPU technology
  • Four modes of operation
  • Alternate Frame Rendering (maximum performance)
  • Super-tiling (optimal load-balancing)
  • Scissor (compatibility)
  • Super AA 8x/10x/12x/14x (maximum image quality)
  • Program compliant

Chip Core Clock Memory Clock Memory Interface Memory Transfer Rate Pixels per clock
Radeon X1900 XTX 650MHz 1.55 GHz 256-bit 49.6 GB/s 48
Radeon X1900 XT 625MHz 1.45 GHz 256-bit 46.4 GB/s 48
Radeon X1800 XT 625 MHz 1.5 GHz 256-bit 48 GB/s 16
Radeon X1800 XL 500 MHz 1 GHz 256-bit 32 GB/s 16
Radeon X1600 XT 590 MHz 1.38 GHz 128-bit 22.08 GB/s 12
Radeon X1600 Pro 500 MHz 780 MHz 128-bit 12.48 GB/s 12
Radeon X1300 Pro 600 MHz 800 MHz 128-bit or 64-bit or 32-bit 16 GB/s or 8 GB/s or 4 GB/s 4
Radeon X1300 450 MHz 500 MHz 128-bit or 64-bit or 32-bit 16 GB/s or 8 GB/s or 4 GB/s 4
Radeon X1300 HM 450 MHz 1 GHz 128-bit or 64-bit or 32-bit 16 GB/s or 8 GB/s or 4 GB/s 4


 
The ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256MB is the powerful entry-level product which Includes ATI’s new breed of graphics chips. RADEON X1300-series products are here to replace the company’s RADEON X300 product family and add some performance and features for users who need really affordable, yet powerful standalone graphics cards. These new cards include Shader Model 3.0, Avivo video engine and other improvements.
Features- ATI Radeon X1300 Series
  • 105 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process
  • Dual-link DVI
  • Four pixel shader processors
  • Two vertex shader processors
  • 128-bit 4-channel DDR/DDR2/GDDR3 memory interface
  • 32-bit/1-channel, 64-bit/2-channel, and 128-bit/4-channel configurations
  • Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
  • AGP 8x configurations also supported with external bridge chip\
  • Dynamic Voltage Control

High Performance Memory Controller

  • Fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs
  • Hierarchical Z-buffer with Early Z test
  • Lossless Z Compression (up to 48:1)
  • Fast Z-Buffer Clear
  • Z/stencil cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering

CrossFire

  • Multi-GPU technology
  • Four modes of operation
  • Alternate Frame Rendering (maximum performance)
  • Super-tiling (optimal load-balancing)
  • Scissor (compatibility)
  • Super AA 8x/10x/12x/14x (maximum image quality)
  • Program compliant


The Radeon X1600 XT is a 12-pixel-pipeline, 5-vertex-shader card based on ATI's latest 3D graphics architecture, which means it has all the bells and whistles introduced in the top-end Radeon X1800 XT, including Shader Model 3.0, advanced HDR, an improved memory controller, 3Dc+ normal map compression, and high-definition video support. The Radeon X1600 XT will have a 590MHz core clock and 1.38GHz memory. The Radeon X1600 Pro will feature the same pipeline counts, but it will have a slower 500MHz core clock and less expensive 780MHz memory.
Features- ATI Radeon X1600 Series
  • Graphics chip: Radeon X1600 XT running at 625 MHz.
  • Memory: 1.2 ns 256-bit 512 MB GDDR3 memory from Samsung (K4J52324QC-BJ12), running at 1.5 GHz.
  • Bus type: PCI Express 16x.
  • Connectors: Two DVI and one mini-DIN for S-Video output.
  • 157 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process
  • Twelve pixel shader processors
  • Five vertex shader processors
  • 128-bit 4-channel DDR/DDR2/GDDR3/GDDR4 memory interface
  • Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
  • AGP 8x configurations also supported with external bridge chip
  • Dynamic Voltage Control

Ring Bus Memory Controller

  • 256-bit internal ring bus for memory reads
  • Programmable intelligent arbitration logic
  • Fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs
  • Hierarchical Z-buffer with Early Z test
  • Lossless Z Compression (up to 48:1)
  • Fast Z-Buffer Clear
  • Z/stencil cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering

CrossFire

  • Multi-GPU technology
  • Four modes of operation
  • Alternate Frame Rendering (maximum performance)
  • Super-tiling (optimal load-balancing)
  • Scissor (compatibility)
  • Super AA 8x/10x/12x/14x (maximum image quality)
  • Program compliant



 
There are two chips on Radeon X1800 family: X1800 XT and X1800 XL. X1800 XT runs at 625 MHz and accesses its memory at 1.5 GHz (48 GB/s). The 512 MB reference model. X1800 XL runs at 500 MHz, accesses its memory at 1 GHz (32 GB/s). The primary difference in this design from the X850 XT is that the copper cooler area that is in direct contact with the core is larger, and also heat-pipes are used directly over the location of the core in order to spread the heat around the copper area more. The fan speeds are stepped according to the core temperatures with a number of ranges corresponding to a fan speed.
Features - ATI Radeon X1800 Series
  • 321 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process
  • Ultra-threaded architecture with fast dynamic branching
  • Sixteen pixel shader processors
  • Eight vertex shader processors
  • 256-bit 8-channel GDDR3/GDDR4 memory interface
  • Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
  • Dynamic Voltage Control

Ring Bus Memory Controller

  • 512-bit internal ring bus for memory reads
  • Programmable intelligent arbitration logic
  • Fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs
  • Hierarchical Z-buffer with Early Z test
  • Lossless Z Compression (up to 48:1)
  • Fast Z-Buffer Clear
  • Z/stencil cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering
  • Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions

Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine

  • Support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
  • Full speed 128-bit floating point processing for all shader operations
  • Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads
  • Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic branching and flow control
  • Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency
  • 3Dc+ texture compression High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and two-channel data formats High quality 2:1 compression for luminance maps and single-channel data formats
  • Multiple Render Target (MRT) support
  • Render to vertex buffer support
  • Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL 2.0

CrossFire

  • Multi-GPU technology
  • Four modes of operation
  • Alternate Frame Rendering (maximum performance)
  • Super-tiling (optimal load-balancing)
  • Scissor (compatibility)
  • Super AA 8x/10x/12x/14x (maximum image quality)
  • Program compliant

Advanced Image Quality Features

  • 64-bit floating point HDR rendering supported throughout the pipeline, Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing
  • 32-bit integer HDR (10:10:10:2) format supported throughout the pipeline Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing
  • 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes, Multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable sparse sample patterns sampling New Adaptive Anti-Aliasing feature with Performance
  • Quality modes, Temporal Anti-Aliasing mode, Lossless Color Compression (up to 6:1) at all resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions
  • 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes, Up to 128-tap texture filtering, Adaptive algorithm with Performance and Quality options
  • High resolution texture support (up to 4k x 4k)

Avivo Video and Display Engine

  • High performance programmable video processor Accelerated MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264 decoding (including DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray playback), encoding & trans coding DXVA support De-blocking and noise reduction filtering
    Motion compensation, IDCT, DCT and color space conversion
    Vector adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing 3:2 pull down (frame rate conversion)
  • Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
  • HDR tone mapping acceleration Maps any input format to 10 bit per channel output
  • Flexible display support, Dual integrated dual-link DVI transmitters, DVI 1.0 / HDMI compliant and HDCP ready
    Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs 16 bit per channel floating point HDR and 10 bit per channel DVI output
    Programmable piecewise linear gamma correction, color correction, and color space conversion (10 bits per color)
    Complete, independent color controls and video overlays for each display High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with under scan support for all outputs Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays Xilleon™ TV encoder for high quality analog output YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays Spatial/temporal dithering enables 10-bit color quality on 8-bit and 6-bit displays Fast, glitch-free mode switching VGA mode support on all outputs
  • Compatible with ATI TV/Video encoder products, including Theater 550

Is your rig ready for the onslaught of next generation games? It will be with the Radeon® X1900—the fastest consumer 3D graphics processor on the planet.

Designed from the ground up to deliver maximum graphical detail at the best possible frame rates, the Radeon X1900’s state-of-the-art architecture includes an ultra-threaded engine for unparalleled shader performance. In addition, it is CrossFire™ ready, allowing your greatest multi-GPU fantasies to come true.

The Radeon X1900 ups the ante with Avivo™ video and display technology delivering movies, games, and photos in high-definition format with stunning color and realism
Features
  • 384 million transistors on 90nm
  • fabrication process
  • 48 pixel shader processors
  • 8 vertex shader processors
  • 256-bit 8-channel GDDR3
  • memory interface
  • Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
Ring Bus Memory Controller
  • 512-bit internal ring bus for memory reads
  • Fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs
  • Hierarchical Z-buffer with Early Z test
  • Lossless Z Compression (up to 48:1)
  • Fast Z-Buffer Clear
  • Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions
Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine
  • Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
  • Full speed 128-bit floating point processing for all shader operations
  • Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads
  • Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic branching and flow control
  • Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency
  • 3Dc+ texture compression o High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and two-channel data formats
  • High quality 2:1 compression for luminance maps and single-channel data formats
  • Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.0
Advanced Image Quality Features
  • 64-bit floating point HDR rendering supported throughout the pipeline
    • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing
  • 32-bit integer HDR (10:10:10:2) format supported throughout the pipeline
    • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing
  • 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes
    • Multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable sparse sample patterns, and centroid sampling
    • New Adaptive Anti-Aliasing feature with Performance and Quality modes
    • Temporal Anti-Aliasing mode
    • Lossless Color Compression (up to 6:1) at all resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions
  • 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes
    • Up to 128-tap texture filtering
    • Adaptive algorithm with Performance and Quality options
  • High resolution texture support (up to 4k x 4k)
Avivo™ Video and Display Platform
  • High performance programmable video processor
    • Accelerated MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264 decoding and transcoding
    • DXVA support
    • De-blocking and noise reduction filtering
    • Motion compensation, IDCT, DCT and color space conversion
    • Vector adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing
    • 3:2 pulldown (frame rate conversion)
  • Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
  • HDR tone mapping acceleration
    • Maps any input format to 10 bit per channel output
  • Flexible display support
    • Dual integrated dual-link DVI transmitters
      • DVI 1.0 compliant / HDMI interoperable and HDCP ready*
    • Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs
    • 16 bit per channel floating point HDR and 10 bit per channel DVI output
    • Programmable piecewise linear gamma correction, color correction, and color space conversion (10 bits per color)
    • Complete, independent color controls and video overlays for each display
    • High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with underscan support for all outputs
    • Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays
    • Xilleon™ TV encoder for high quality analog output
    • YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays
    • Spatial/temporal dithering enables 10-bit color quality on 8-bit and 6-bit displays
    • Fast, glitch-free mode switching
    • VGA mode support on all outputs
    • Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates
  • Compatible with ATI TV/Video encoder products, including Theater 550
ASI SKU

Brand

Interface

 Model Crossfire Enabled
(can be master card)		 Memory
44533 ASUS PCI Express EAX1600XT SLNT/TVD/256 Yes 256MB
44538 ASUS PCI Express EAX1600PRO/TD/256M Yes 256MB
44546 ASUS PCI Express EAX1300PRO/TD/256M Yes 256MB
44972 ASUS PCI Express EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M Yes 512MB
44974 ASUS PCI Express EAX1900XT/2DHTV/512M Yes 512MB
45036 ASUS PCI Express EAX1600PRO/TD/512M Yes 512MB
46279 ASUS PCI Express EAX1900XT CROSSFIRE/2DH Yes 512MB
42366 ATI PCI Express X1800XT 512M DDR3 Retail No 512MB
41765 ATI PCI Express X1800XL 256M DDR3 Retail No 256MB
43365 ATI PCI Express AIW X1800XL 256M Retail No 256MB
43853 ATI PCI Express X1300 256M DDR Retail Yes 256MB
45543 ATI PCI Express X1300Pro 256M DDR Retail No 256MB
45545 ATI PCI Express AIW X1900 256 DDR3 Retail No 256MB
44764 ATI PCI Express X1900XT 512M DDR3 Retail No 512MB
44766 ATI PCI Express X1900XTX 512M DDR3 Retail No 512MB
44955 ATI PCI Express X1900CF 512M DDR3 Retail Yes 512MB
45541 ATI PCI Express X1600Pro 512M DDR2 Retail Yes 512MB
44734 GigaByte PCI Express X1600XT 256M Retail Yes 256MB
45033 GigaByte PCI Express X1900XTX 512 DDR Retail No 512MB
45037 GigaByte PCI Express X1900XT 512 DDR Retail No 512MB
43577 MSI PCI Express RX1300PRO-TD256E PCI-E Yes 256MB
43578 MSI PCI Express RX1600PRO-TD256E PCI-E Yes 256MB
43579 MSI PCI Express RX1600XT-T2D256E PCI-E Yes 256MB
45201 MSI PCI Express X1900XTX 512M DDR3 Retail No 512MB
45205 MSI PCI Express X1900XT 512M DDR3 Retail No 512MB
44706 PowerColor PCI Express X1300 256M DDR2 Retail Yes 256MB
43594 PowerColor PCI Express X1600XT 256M GDDR3 Retail Yes 256MB
44707 PowerColor PCI Express X1600PRO 256M DDR2 Retail Yes 256MB
45914 PowerColor PCI Express X1600XT 256M GDDR3 Retail Yes 256MB
46423 PowerColor PCI Express X1900XTX 512M DDR3 Retail No 512MB
46430 PowerColor PCI Express X1900XT 512M GDDR3 Retail No 512MB
46432 PowerColor PCI Express X1900CF 512M GDDR3 Retail Yes 512MB
42448 Sapphire PCI Express X1300 256M DDR Lite Yes 256MB
42967 Sapphire PCI Express X1300PRO 256M DDR Lite Yes 256MB
43426 Sapphire PCI Express X1600PRO 256M DDR2 Lite Yes 256MB
43854 Sapphire PCI Express X1600XT 256M DDR3 Lite Yes 256MB
46417 Sapphire PCI Express X1800XT 256M DDR3 Retail No 256MB
42640 Sapphire PCI Express X1300 512M DDR2 Lite Yes 512MB
42642 Sapphire PCI Express X1800XT 512M DDR3 Bulk No 512MB
43427 Sapphire PCI Express X1600PRO 512M DDR2 Lite Yes 512MB
44767 Sapphire PCI Express X1900XT 512M DDR3 Bulk No 512MB
44768 Sapphire PCI Express X1900XTX 512 DDR3 Bulk No 512MB
44954 Sapphire PCI Express X1900CF 512M DDR3 Bulk Yes 512MB
Models Core Clock Speed Pixel Pipelines Pixel Fillrate (GPixels/Sec) Texel Fillrate (GTexel/Sec Memory Bus Width (Bits) Memory Clock Speed Peak Memory Bandwidth
Radeon X1900 XTX 650MHz 48 10.4 10.4 256 1550MHz 49.6GB/s
Radeon X1900 XT 625MHz 48 10 10 256 1450MHz 46.4
Radeon X1800 XT 625MHz 16 10 10 256 1500MHz 48GB/s
Radeon X1800 XL 500MHz 16 8 8 256 1.0MHz 32GB/s
Radeon X1600 XT 590MHz 12 2.36 2.36 128 1.38MHz 22GB/s
Radeon X1600 Pro 500MHz