Don't Throw Out Your ATI Radeon X800 Yet

Connect 3D Radeon X800 GTO

The PowerColor Radeon X800 GT has modules rated for 1.6 ns or a maximum frequency of 600 MHz and 1,200 Mb/s per pin. The modules on the Connect 3D card are rated for 2 ns or 500 MHz and 1,000 Mb/s per pin. This means that the 490 MHz factory-set clock speed is close to the maximum level. When we go to overclocking later on, don't be surprised if there isn't much room to bump up those frequencies.

The cooler is a combination of a solid block of aluminum and copper fins. It is attached to the card using two screws to attach a compression plate on the bottom side of card to the cooler on the top, while four more are placed at the four corners to make sure pressure is applied to the memory modules on the top of the card as well. Interestingly, there isn't a cooling solution such as a one piece cooling plate for the memory modules on the reverse side of the card.

The X800 GTO runs the 16 pipe R423.