Conclusion
Gigabyte's Radeon X800 Pro did not fail to impress. In addition to good 3D performance and a full feature set, the card also earns points for its generous gaming bundle and a complete set of cables, which includes a YPrPb component cable for use with HDTV displays. Hardware enthusiasts will appreciate Gigabyte's V-Tuner 2 overclocking utility and the cooling fan featuring LED lights. The only negative point is the meager and outdated application software bundle.
Pros
- High 3D performance and DirectX 9.0b support
- Texture filtering optimizations can deactivated (in part)
- TV-Out
- HDTV connectivity thanks to YPrPb cable
- Full set of cables
- Very good gaming bundle
- Taskbar-Tool & Overclocking Software
Con
- High price
- Outdated and rather slim software bundle
- No video inputs
Feature Table
Overview | |
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Product Name | Gigabyte Radeon X800 Pro (GV-R80P256D) |
Manufacturer | Gigabyte |
Homepage | GIGABYTE - Graphics Accelerator - Products |
Graphics Processor | ATI Radeon X800 ProCodename R420 |
Bus Standard | AGP 4x/8x |
Memory | 256 MB |
Memory Type | GDDR3 |
Core Clock Speed | 475 MHz |
Memory Clock Speed | 450 MHz |
Memory Buswidth | 256 bit |
Memory Bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s |
Pixel Pipelines | 12 |
Vertex Shader Units | 6 |
3D Features | |
DirectX Support | DirectX 9.0b |
Texture Filtering | BilinearTrilinearmax 16x Anisotropic |
FSAA | Multi-Sampling: 2x/4x/6x |
Floating Point Precission | 24 bit |
Outputs | |
VGA | 1x |
DVI | 1x |
TV-Out | + |
TV-Out HDTV Support | + |
Dual-Link DVI | - |
Inputs | |
Power Cable | + |
Video-In | - |
TV-In (Tuner) | - |
Audio-In | - |
Equipment | |
Cooling | Cooling Fan |
Adjustable Fan-Speed | Automatic |
Hardware-Monitoring | Automatic |
DVI-I -> VGA Adaptor | + |
Cables | S-Video CableComposite Cable |
(HDTV) YPrPb component output | + |
Bundle | |
Software Bundle | 3D-Album LE 2.03PowerDVD 5.0 |
Games Bundle | Counterstrike Coundition ZeroRainbow Six 3 Raven SieldSpell Force The Order Dawn |
Others/Specials | LED Lights |