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 0.28 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 17.66 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via AGP Pro 8x interface. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 37 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about FireGL 9700 X1-256p: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Rage 8 (2002−2007) | |
| GPU code name | R300 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 1 July 2002 (22 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
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 2800 MHz (Playstation 5 Pro GPU) |
| Number of transistors | 110 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 37 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 2.592 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| ROPs | 8 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 8 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Form factor & 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 |
VRAM capacity and type
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 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 276 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 17.66 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
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 compatibility
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.
