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Apple Makes Radeon X850 XT Video Card a BTO Option on Power Macs

by , 2:50 PM EDT, June 28th, 2005

Apple on Tuesday made ATI's Radeon X850 XT video card a build-to-order (BTO) option on Power Mac G5 computers ordered from the online Apple Store.

The Radeon X850 XT features 256MB DDR SDRAM and memory bandwidth of 34.6GB per second, with the ability to pump more than 700 million vertices and over 8 billion textured pixels per second. The card uses one PCI slot and can drive a pair of displays, including a 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display on its DVI port. Its other port is an ADC (Apple Display Connector) jack.

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Close Name:Small White Car Posts: 1953 Joined: 02 Jul 2004
Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:06 pm Subject:

I just got that card and it's been great. Glad to see it's an option, I'm sure many people don't go to the trouble to read articles comparing video cards and then buy their own. They'll probably just pick one that Apple offers.


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Close Name:donovan Posts: 23 Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:31 pm Subject: vs. X800?

How does it compare?


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Close Name:Small White Car Posts: 1953 Joined: 02 Jul 2004
Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:37 pm Subject: Re: vs. X800?

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How does it compare?


I couldn't tell you, but that's probably something www.barefeats.com can answer.

If they don't have anything yet, I'm sure they will soon.


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Close Name:donovan Posts: 23 Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:42 pm Subject: BF

^^^ Oh, I'm all over barefeats.

There any way one can purchase BTO items separately?


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Wed Jun 29, 2005 1:41 am Subject: How will this benefit audio users?
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