ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV

The ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500DV is an AMD-built AGP 8x card based on the R200 chip, using the Rage 7 architecture and manufactured by TSMC on a 150 nm process. The die contains 60 million transistors in a 120 mm² area, yielding a transistor density of 500.0K per square millimeter. Released on 2001-08-29, the card is listed as end-of-life. This database entry has an empty benchmark table, an empty nearest-rival list, and a 50th percentile rank against all GPUs, so its overall position is that of an exact midpoint card.

Power and Cooling

The database does not list a TDP value for the Radeon 8500DV, so no thermal design power figure can be cited. The only power-related guidance in the entry is a suggested PSU rating of 200 W. That relatively modest recommendation is consistent with the card’s lack of auxiliary power connectors: the power connector field is “None.” The bus interface is AGP 8x, and no extra power cables are required for installation. Its single-slot design keeps installation simple, and no additional slot width is occupied. Because no cooler size, card length, or height measurements are listed, physical clearance must be judged from the single-slot form factor alone. The absence of a TDP value means thermal output is not quantified, but the 200 W PSU suggestion and the lack of auxiliary connectors point toward a low power draw. In a system with an AGP 8x slot, the stated requirement is a 200 W-rated PSU, and no further power connector planning is needed.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The Radeon 8500DV has no ray tracing core count and no tensor core count in the database. Neither rtCores nor tensorCores appears as a numeric field; both are null. The API support is DirectX 8.1 and OpenGL 1.3, and no Vulkan version is listed. This defines a feature set tied to early-2000s graphics APIs rather than to modern compute-focused APIs. The rendering pipeline is specified by 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units. Pixel processing is rated at 920.0 MPixel/s, while texture processing is rated at 1.840 GTexel/s. These are the only throughput figures in the entry, and they characterize the card’s fill-rate capabilities. The absence of tensor cores also means any AI-accelerated features present in newer GPU architectures are not represented in the data. None of the API fields include Vulkan capability, so the card cannot be assumed to support Vulkan workloads. In short, the feature set is described by the R200 chip, Rage 7 architecture, DirectX 8.1, OpenGL 1.3, and the TMU/ROP counts.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals array in this database entry is empty. There are no rival names, no comparison scores, and no deltaPct values to work from. Therefore, the entry does not define competitive relationships with any specific GPU. The only cross-GPU comparison available is the percentileVsAllGpus field, which is 50. A percentile of 50 places the card at the exact midpoint of all GPUs in the database, meaning it is neither a standout performer nor a bottom-tier part according to that global distribution. Without nearestRivals, no statement such as “ahead of card X by a percentage” can be made from this data. The 50th percentile rank is the sole positioning signal. An exact midpoint rank implies typical rather than exceptional performance. But because the benchmark table is empty, this percentile is not backed by any individual score. The lack of nearest rivals also means there is no documented comparison to adjacent cards. Builders looking for head-to-head figures must rely on the 50th percentile and the card’s theoretical fill rates, not on rival deltas.

Who Should Consider It

The Radeon 8500DV is best suited to AGP 8x systems where a single-slot card with no auxiliary power connector is required. The 64 MB DDR frame buffer and 6.080 GB/s memory bandwidth point toward lower-resolution, lower-detail use rather than high-end rendering. The display outputs are 1x DVI and 1x VGA, allowing connection to a digital display and an analog display. Builders who need more than those listed outputs should look elsewhere, as the entry records only 1x DVI and 1x VGA. The card’s 50th percentile rank suggests a mainstream position, but the empty benchmark table means there is no measured evidence for particular resolution and settings combinations. The absence of a predecessor and successor in the data means the card’s place in the 8500 family is not documented. Given the 128-bit memory bus and 64 MB capacity, users should select older or lighter games and keep detail levels moderate. The All-In-Wonder generation label indicates the card belongs to the 8500-era family, but the data does not specify multimedia functions beyond the name. For a builder with a 200 W PSU, an AGP 8x slot, and a tolerance for a single-slot card, this is a viable part; for anyone expecting high-resolution modern gaming, the memory and throughput figures argue against it.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmarks array for this card is empty, and the avgBenchmarkScore is 0. No individual test scores, deltas, or rival comparisons are present. The nearestRivals list is also empty, so there are no exact percentage differences to analyze. The only quantitative performance indicators are the throughput rates and the global percentile. The theoretical pixel fill rate is 920.0 MPixel/s, and the theoretical texture fill rate is 1.840 GTexel/s. These rates are accompanied by the 8 TMUs and 4 ROPs; the database lists no base, boost, or game clock for the GPU core. The memory clock is 190 MHz with 380 Mbps effective, which affects how quickly the fill-rate engines can access textures and render targets. The avgBenchmarkScore of 0 should be read as a marker of missing data rather than as a meaningful performance result. The 50th percentile rank is the only normalized score, and it indicates an average ranking within the database’s GPU population. Because there are no benchmark entries, the fill rates cannot be converted into observed frame rates. Similarly, no comparison to rival cards can be made. The entry also contains no shading-unit count and no FP32 or FP16 throughput values, so the compute side of the card is not quantified. Without rivals, the benchmark section is necessarily a statement of data availability: no measured scores, no deltas, and no percentile-based comparisons beyond the global 50th percentile.

Memory Subsystem

The card ships with 64 MB of DDR memory. The memory bus is 128 bits wide, and the memory clock is 190 MHz, with an effective data rate of 380 Mbps. Total memory bandwidth is 6.080 GB/s. These figures define how much data can flow between the GPU and its frame buffer. A 128-bit bus width and 6.080 GB/s bandwidth are the numeric constraints that matter for high resolutions. At high resolutions, the rendering engine must write more pixels per frame and read larger textures, and both operations draw on the same 6.080 GB/s. The 64 MB capacity also bounds the complexity of scenes that can be stored locally; larger textures and deeper buffering will quickly exceed that capacity. This makes high resolution and high-detail settings risky. The memory type is DDR, and the effective data rate is listed as 380 Mbps. Builders can use the 6.080 GB/s figure to judge whether a workload is memory-bound: if the fill rates of 920.0 MPixel/s and 1.840 GTexel/s demand more data than the 6.080 GB/s can deliver, performance will stall. The 64 MB capacity, 128-bit bus, and 6.080 GB/s bandwidth together indicate a memory subsystem built for moderate resolution gaming rather than for extreme texture loads. For an AGP 8x card with a 200 W PSU recommendation, the memory subsystem is balanced with the card’s overall mid-pack positioning.