Radeon 1900xt: ATI Radeon X1900 XT Specs

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DFI NF4 Ultra-D, Opteron 170 @ 315×10 1.54v, 2×512 OCZ VX 3200 @ 262 2-2-2-0-1T 3.4v — Radeon X1900XT @ 738/877.
MIST 500w + TT 250w. No tweaks used, no LOD.
DD TDX, DD Maze4, BIX2 and Eheim compact 600.

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Graphics Card

Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X1900
Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
# of cards: 1
SLI / CrossFire: Off
Memory: 512 MB
Clock frequency: 0 MHz (0 MHz)
Average clock frequency: N/A
Memory clock frequency: 0 MHz (0 MHz)
Average memory clock frequency: N/A
Average temperature: N/A
Driver version: 6.14.10.6626
Driver status: Approved

Processor

Processor: AMD Opteron Processor 170
Clock frequency: 0 MHz (3,200 MHz)
Average clock frequency: N/A
Average temperature: N/A
Physical / logical processors: 1 / 2
# of cores: 2
Package
Manufacturing process: 0 nm
TDP: 110 W

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Operating system: 32-bit Microsoft Windows XP (5. 1.2600)
Motherboard
Memory: 1,022 MB
VBS status: Unknown
HVCI status: Unknown

Im Test vor 15 Jahren: ATis Radeon X1900 XTX war schnell, heiß und laut

30.1.2021 9:00 UhrRobert McHardy

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Nachdem Nvidia mit der GeForce 7800 GTX 512 die Radeon X1800 XT direkt nach deren Start auskonterte, legte ATi mit der Radeon X1900 XT(X) (Test) im Januar 2006 nach. In den Benchmarks lieferte sie sich ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen mit der GeForce.

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ATis Radeon X1900 XTX war schnell, heiß und laut
Mehr Shader-Einheiten
Anti-Aliasing lag der Radeon

Mehr Shader-Einheiten

Die alte R520- und die neue R580-GPU unterschieden sich augenscheinlich kaum: 90-nm-Fertigungsverfahren, 16 Pixel-Pipelines, 16 ROPs, 8 Vertex-Pipelines und 512 MByte GDDR3-Speicher. Zwar arbeitete die R580 bei leicht höheren Taktraten, der bedeutende Unterschied war allerdings, dass ATi die Zahl der Shader-Einheiten pro Pipeline von 1 auf 3 erhöhte. Damit besaß die Radeon X1900 XT(X) eine dreifach so hohe Shader-Leistung pro Takt wie die Radeon X1800 XT.

	GeForce 7800 GTX	GeForce 7800 GTX 512	Radeon X1800 XT	Radeon X1900 XT	Radeon X1900 XTX
Chip	G70		R520	R580
Transistoren	303 Mio.		321 Mio.	384 Mio.
Fertigung	110 nm		90 nm
Chiptakt	430 MHz	550 MHz	625 MHz		650 MHz
Pixel-Pipelines	24		16
Shader-Einheiten pro Pipeline (MADD)	2		1	3
ROPs	16
Pixelfüllrate	6. 880 MPix/s	8.800 MPix/s	10.000 MPix/s		10.400 MPix/s
TMUs je Pixel-Pipeline	1
Texelfüllrate	10.320 MTex/s	13.200 MTex/s	10.000 MTex/s		10.400 MPix/s
Vertex-Pipelines	8
Dreiecksdurchsatz	860 MV/s	1.100 MV/s	1.250 MV/s		1.300 MV/s
Pixelshader	PS 3.0
Vertexshader	VS 3.0
Speichermenge	256 MByte GDDR3	512 MByte GDDR3
Speichertakt	600 MHz	850 MHz	750 MHz	725 MHz	775 MHz
Speicherinterface	256 Bit
Speicherbandbreite	38. 400 MByte/s	54.400 MByte/s	48.000 MByte/s	46.400 MByte/s	49.600 MByte/s
Interface	PCIe
SLI/CF-Unterstützung	Ja

Der Schritt zu mehr Shader-Einheiten war damals ein logischer. Laut ATi stiegen die Anforderungen an die Shader-Einheiten in modernen Spielen immer weiter an, während die Texturberechnungen weitgehend stagnierten. Zum Vergleich: Die GeForce 7800 GTX 512 verfügte über 2 Shader-Einheiten pro Pixel-Pipeline und kam damit wie die Radeon X1900 XT(X) auf insgesamt 48.

Anti-Aliasing lag der Radeon

Wie sich die Radeon X1900 XT(X) im Vergleich zur GeForce 7800 GTX 512 schlug, hing stark von den Einstellungen ab. In 1.280 × 1.024 Bildpunkten lag ATis Topmodell im Mittel knapp 2 Prozent hinter der GeForce. Bei der Zuschaltung von Anti-Aliasing änderte sich das Bild drastisch: Die Radeon X1900 XT arbeitete hier 17 Prozent und die XTX 23 Prozent schneller als die 7800 GTX 512. In 1.600 × 1.200 Pixeln ohne Anti-Aliasing lag der Unterschied zwischen der XTX und der GTX dann wieder bei lediglich 1 Prozent. Mit zugeschalteter Kantenglättung setzte sich die Radeon X1900 XT 9 Prozent und die XTX 14 Prozent vor die GeForce. Interessanterweise arbeitete ein CrossFire-Verbund aus zwei Radeon X1900 XT – mit der Ausnahme von 1.280 × 1.024 Bildpunkten mit Anti-Aliasing – quasi durchgehend langsamer als zwei GeForce 7800 GTX 512.

Die Leistung der Radeon X1900 XT(X) konnte überzeugen, Kritik musste ATi aber in den B-Noten einstecken. Im Leerlauf produzierte die Radeon X1900 XTX einen 41 Prozent höheren Schalldruckpegel als die GeForce 7800 GTX 512, unter Last war dieser sogar 100 Prozent höher. Mit 94 Grad Celsius unter Last war die GPU-Temperatur im Vergleich sehr hoch. Mit 266 zu 235 Watt war die Energieaufnahme des Gesamtsystems unter Last ebenfalls bedeutend höher.

Für wen Leistung ganz oben auf der Prioritätenliste stand, der war mit der Radeon X1900 XTX perfekt beraten. Dafür mussten eine hohe Lautstärke, ein großer Energiebedarf und hohe Temperaturen in Kauf genommen werden. Wen all das störte, der war bei Nvidia mit der GeForce 7800 GTX 512 besser aufgehoben.

In der Kategorie „Im Test vor 15 Jahren“ wirft die Redaktion seit Juli 2017 jeden Samstag einen Blick in das Test-Archiv. Die letzten 20 Artikel, die in dieser Reihe erschienen sind, führen wir nachfolgend auf:

Dual-Core-CPUs von AMD und Intel im Duell
Im zweiten Anlauf war ATi CrossFire besser
Die 1. Wärmeleitpaste aus Flüssigmetall für den PC
Zwei GeForce 7800 GTX 512 im SLI-Verbund
Als 2 GByte RAM üppig bemessen waren
Dämmmatten für einen leisen Computer
Unbequem war bei Headsets die Norm
Die Xbox 360 kam der PlayStation 3 zuvor
Asus’ A8N32-SLI Deluxe mit 32 PCIe-Lanes
Die GeForce 7800 GTX 512 mit Nachbrenner
Die GeForce 6800 GS kam der Radeon X1600 XT zuvor
Die ATi X800 GT(O) räumte in der GPU-Mittelklasse auf
Dual-GeForce-7800-GT mit externem Netzteil
Ein unhörbarer Komplett-PC mit viel Leistung
Externe Wasserkühler so groß wie ein Ikea-Regal
Thermalrights SI-120 war in der Spitzenklasse zuhause
Radeon X1800 XT und GeForce 7800 GTX im Duell
ATi CrossFire hatte anfangs obskure Limitierungen
Mit dem CNPS 9500 nahm Zalman den Mund zu voll
Die GeForce 7800 GT lieferte GTX-Leistung günstiger

Noch mehr Inhalte dieser Art und viele weitere Berichte und Anekdoten finden sich in der Retro-Ecke im Forum von ComputerBase.

Blitz poll. When will AGP video cards disappear from the market?

Another transitional period in the video card segment: AGP adapters are gradually losing market share, giving way to PCI-E devices. This process cannot be called smooth — it is complicated by the shortage of processors for the corresponding sockets, the growing popularity of integrated graphics, etc. How do these factors affect the market situation, at what pace is the change in generations of video cards and what does the structure of their sales look like in general? adapters.

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1 Vitaly Golovach
- 1.1 Gigabyte Technology Regional Manager in Ukraine
2 Andrey Plaksin
- 2.1 Compass Distribution Department Manager
3 Ekaterina Rodyakhina
- video card manager at ASBIS Ukraine
4 Dmitriy Romanenko
- 4. 1 Brand Manager of Components Department of MTI Distribution Department
5 Yuriy Sandratsky
- 5.1 Sales Representative in Ukraine ASUSTeK Computer 900 16

Vitaliy Golovach

regional manager of Gigabyte Technology in Ukraine

Video cards with AGP interface are losing their former popularity: if at the beginning of 2005 their share in Gigabyte’s sales in Ukraine was about 85%, by the fourth quarter it gradually decreased to 45%.

The positions of AGP were «crippled» first of all by Intel’s efforts aimed at promoting solutions with the PCI Express bus. NVIDIA also contributed to the growth of interest in the latter by introducing the nForce 4 chipset for the AMD platform. As a result, today the share of AGP video cards on the world market does not exceed 20-25% and continues to decrease — in my opinion, by the end of the year it will not exceed 10%. However, the low cost of motherboards with the AGP bus may prolong interest in them for another year or a year and a half, and, according to my estimates, the final farewell to them will not occur until mid-2007.

Last year video cards with ATI chipsets accounted for about 60% of Gigabyte’s sales in Ukraine. However, thanks to the successful launch of the GeForce 6600/6600GT adapters, NVIDIA’s share has recently grown to 50%, which generally corresponds to the global sales structure of our company.

Any division into price categories is arbitrary, but using the terminology familiar to many, I can report that video cards of the low-end category ($40-80 range) now account for about 40-50% of Gigabyte’s local sales, the middle segment ($90-190) — about 45-55%, and on high-end (more than $300) — up to 5%.

Andrey Plaksin

head of the distribution department at Compass

Since the beginning of 2006, sales of AGP graphics adapters have been 35%, and their share continues to decrease. But according to the results of the past year, the picture was the opposite: AGP accounted for 70%, PCI-E — only 30%.

The life cycle of video card types is affected by many processes that are not directly related to their production. For example, during the last quarter of the past year, there was a severe shortage of AMD processors for Socket 754 on the market, so many distributors had more than enough stocks of AGP cards. On the other hand, the rise in prices and the lack of «democratic» AMD processors for Socket 939 do not contribute to the popularization of PCI-E. And the availability of Intel Socket 478 processors (AGP solution) makes it difficult to predict the situation until the end of the year.

We divide the graphics adapter market into three price groups: under $60, under $150 and over $150. It is hardly reasonable to single out top models such as 1800ХТ, 1900ХТ/Х and 7800GTX as a separate segment — their sales volume does not have a significant impact on the market.

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The decrease in demand for budget video adapters is due to the fact that when purchasing a new computer with PCI-E, the buyer chooses a video card of at least a middle class, and PCs with Socket 478/754 are mainly equipped with integrated graphics.

In the structure of our adapter sales by chip manufacturers, ATI accounts for 60% and NVIDIA for 40%. The increase in the share of the latter to 43% was observed only in the first quarter of 2005.

Ekaterina Rodyakhina

ASBIS Ukraine video card product manager

Demand for video cards with PCI Express interface is growing, which is connected with the constant reduction in price of both video cards and motherboards that support this interface. Compared to the second half of 2005, sales of PCI-E adapters have nearly doubled. According to our forecasts, the withdrawal from the computer market of the AGP bus may occur as early as in the III quarter of this year.

Lately, we have experienced a significant drop in demand for budget graphics cards, due to the growing number of motherboards with integrated video. At the moment, the market is mainly in demand for graphics adapters of the middle price range. In the structure of our sales, there is still a slight advantage in favor of ATI chips.

Dmitriy Romanenko

Brand Manager of Components Department of MTI Distribution Department

If in Q3 2005 the AGP/PCI Express ratio was 73:27, in Q4 it was 54:46, today it is already 45:55. However, the increase in the share of PCI-E could be even greater if it were not for the shortage of Athlon64 for Socket 939 and Pentium 4 for LGA775. Their shortage began to be felt at the end of last year and continues to this day, which led to a certain shortage of AGP video cards.

Analyzing sales in the second half of 2005 – early 2006, I note a decrease in sales of low-end adapters (costing up to $70) from 60 to 45% and a shift in demand to the midrange segment ($70–150) – its share increased from 35 to 47%. Deliveries of high-level solutions also increased (from $150) — from 5 to 8%. This trend can be explained by the improved performance of integrated graphics, which is actively replacing low-end discrete graphics adapters, and the very high popularity of video cards based on NVIDIA GeForce FX6600 and GeForce FX6600GT series chips, which account for the lion’s share of PCI Express adapter sales in the midrange segment.

In the future, the trend towards a shift in demand for products of an average level and above will further intensify. To a certain extent, this will be facilitated by the upcoming appearance of the Microsoft Vista operating system with a 3D interface that requires more computing resources.

The average price of a video card sold is also gradually growing – in Q3 last year it was $79, in Q4 it was already $84, and by now it has increased to $86. In addition to the decrease in demand for low-end solutions, there is another explanation for this — a decrease in the sale of inexpensive video cards from second-tier manufacturers and an increase in demand for more expensive A-brand products.

The market share of video cards based on NVIDIA graphics chips is becoming more noticeable — if last year the ratio was 43:57 in favor of ATI, then at the beginning of this year it was already 62:38. Moreover, while ATI’s position in the AGP segment is still very strong, its share in the PCI Express sector is even less than the market average — no more than 20%.

Yuriy Sandratsky

sales representative in Ukraine ASUSTeK Computer

In the structure of ASUS sales in Ukraine, PCI Express and AGP video cards now account for 70% and 30%, respectively. Compared to the second half of 2005, AGP adapters lost about 20% of the market. At that time, ATI 9 series chips contributed to the same demand for both types of video cards.250 and 9550. As for AGP exit: I assume that this will happen in the fourth quarter of this year.

The leading position in the ASUS sales structure is occupied by video cards based on NVIDIA chips — they account for about 60%. Last year, the company won back about 10% of the discrete graphics market (thanks to the successful 6 series). However, in the 3rd-4th quarters there was a shortage of its chips, and in 2005 deliveries of ASUS video cards based on ATI and NVIDIA chips equalized.

I also note that due to the same shortage, the average price of video cards in 2005 increased by about $15–20.