Conclusion
With the Rx800PRO-TD256, MSI has added a solid but unspectacular card to its product portfolio. Like many other Radeon X800 Pro cards based on Ati's reference layout, which includes stock cooling and performance, the card does not offer much value add beyond Ati's design. However, in addition to its good 3-D performance, the card also offers a very extensive gaming bundle. Home cinema enthusiasts will also appreciate the inclusion of a YPrPb component output/cable, allowing the connection of an HDTV display.
But games aside, the other software bundled with the card, while appearing very extensive at first glance, mostly consists of limited editions and outdated versions.
Pros
- High 3D performance and DirectX 9.0b support
- Texture filtering optimizations can deactivated (in part)
- TV-Out
- HDTV connectivity thanks to YPrPb cable
- Very good gaming bundle
Cons
- High price
- Outdated software bundle
- No video inputs
Feature Table
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Product Name | MSI RX800PRO-TD256 |
| Manufacturer | MSI |
| 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 | Bilinear Trilinear max 16x Anisotrop |
| 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 2.03Adobe Photoshop Album 1.0 SEE-Color 3DeepIntervideo WinDVD 4 5.1 ChMedia Ring DialerMSI Media Center IIRestoreIt 3.0ShowshifterTrend PC-Cill 2004VirtualDr 7.0WinDVD Creator Plus |
| Games Bundle | Prince of Persia The Sands of TimeUru Ages Beyond Mystery XI |
| Others | - |
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