ATI Radeon X1050

The ATI Radeon X1050 is an end-of-life graphics card manufactured by AMD, using the RV410 chip from the R400 architecture and belonging to the Radeon R400 PCIe (X1050) generation. TSMC fabricates the chip on a 110 nm process; the die contains 120 million transistors over 156 mm², which corresponds to a transistor density of 769.2K per mm². The card is built around a 128 MB DDR memory configuration on a 64-bit bus, running at a 200 MHz memory clock with a 400 Mbps effective data rate, for 3.200 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Pixel throughput is 3.200 GPixel/s and texture throughput is 3.200 GTexel/s, provided by 8 ROPs and 8 TMUs. In the benchmark database, the X1050 sits at the 50th percentile among all GPUs, although its average benchmark score is 0 and no benchmark records are listed. The card draws 24 W TDP, is a single-slot design, has no power connectors, and suggests a 200 W PSU. It connects through PCIe 1.0 x16 and offers 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video display outputs.

Memory Subsystem

The X1050 is equipped with 128 MB of DDR memory, a 64-bit memory bus, and a bandwidth of 3.200 GB/s. The memory clock is 200 MHz, with a 400 Mbps effective data rate. This is a tightly constrained memory configuration, and it has direct consequences for high resolutions. The 128 MB capacity limits how much data can reside on the GPU at any moment; as resolution increases, the framebuffer surfaces that store color and depth information consume a larger portion of that 128 MB pool, leaving less room for texture data. The 64-bit bus width, meanwhile, limits how many bytes can be transferred per memory clock; with 8 ROPs writing pixels and 8 TMUs sampling textures, the bandwidth available per clock governs how quickly those units can complete their work. The pixel rate of 3.200 GPixel/s and the texture rate of 3.200 GTexel/s are both numerically identical to the memory bandwidth figure of 3.200 GB/s. That numerical alignment suggests a design in which the memory path and the rendering throughput are intentionally matched; the practical result is that neither the ROPs nor the TMUs can run far ahead of what memory can supply. For high-resolution scenarios, both capacity and bandwidth are limiting. A 128 MB framebuffer cannot hold high-resolution render targets alongside a rich texture set, and 3.200 GB/s of bandwidth limits the rate at which those targets can be updated. The absence of recorded benchmarks means no measured resolution ceiling is available, but the memory subsystem alone places a firm constraint on the card's high-resolution behavior.

Power and Cooling

The X1050's thermal design power is 24 W, a figure that places the card at the low end of the power spectrum. The data lists no power connectors, meaning the card receives all power through the PCIe 1.0 x16 slot. The suggested PSU is 200 W, which indicates that even a modest power supply can drive a system containing this card. The single-slot form factor is consistent with the 24 W thermal load; no large heatsink is required to dissipate such a small amount of heat. From an installation standpoint, the absence of power connectors means there is no additional cable management, and the PCIe 1.0 x16 interface is the only physical connection needed beyond display output. The 200 W PSU recommendation also acts as a system-level floor; it is not a card power draw but a whole-system guidance figure supplied by the manufacturer. Because production status is end-of-life, the power and cooling profile is most relevant to users refurbishing or maintaining legacy systems with small power supplies.

Who Should Consider It

Benchmark results for the X1050 are empty, and the average benchmark score is recorded as 0. That absence of performance measurements means any recommendation must be built from the specifications that are present. The card holds the 50th percentile position among all GPUs in the database, which indicates a middle-of-the-pack standing in the overall distribution, but the missing benchmark scores caution against treating that percentile as a measured gaming result. The raw throughput figures are 3.200 GPixel/s for pixels and 3.200 GTexel/s for textures, delivered by 8 ROPs and 8 TMUs. Those rates, combined with 128 MB of DDR memory and 3.200 GB/s of bandwidth, describe a card suited to older DirectX 9.0b (9_2) software rather than to modern high-resolution titles. Users keeping an aging PCIe 1.0 x16 system alive, or needing basic display output through 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video, are the audience the data supports. The 24 W TDP and 200 W PSU suggestion make it compatible with small power supplies, and the lack of power connectors simplifies installation. Conversely, the card is not appropriate for workloads that depend on ray tracing or tensor cores, because neither is present in the data. The 50th percentile placement, in the absence of a measured score, should be read as a hardware-class indicator rather than a performance guarantee; the memory and bus constraints discussed above limit the resolution and settings ranges.

How It Compares

The FACT PACK lists no nearest rivals for the X1050. The nearestRivals array is empty, and there are no rival names, scores, or deltaPct values to use for direct comparison. As a result, the only relative anchors available are the 50th percentile position among all GPUs and the product lineage entries.

Against the Radeon R300, its listed predecessor, the X1050 represents a later product step in the Radeon naming sequence. The data pack provides no scores for either part, so the comparison can only be positional: the X1050 follows the R300 and precedes the R500 PCIe. The R400 architecture of the X1050 sits between those two in the sequence of architectures implied by the R300 and R500 PCIe names.

Against the Radeon R500 PCIe, its listed successor, the X1050 again has no recorded head-to-head metrics. The successor's PCIe designation aligns with the X1050's own PCIe 1.0 x16 bus interface, indicating that the X1050 already occupied the PCIe domain that its successor continues. Without deltaPct values or scores, no performance ordering can be quantified.

In the absence of nearestRivals data, the 50th percentile rank is the only quantitative comparison point. That rank places the X1050 exactly in the middle of the database's GPU population. Because the average benchmark score is 0 and the benchmarks array is empty, the percentile is not corroborated by measured submissions; it is a standalone ranking in the database. The empty rival list also means that any positional claim is limited to the predecessor/successor lineage and the overall percentile, not to peer products.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The X1050 has no ray tracing cores; the rtCores field is null. It also has no tensor cores; the tensorCores field is null. Consequently, ray tracing acceleration and tensor-based processing are absent from the feature set. The API support is limited to DirectX 9.0b at the 9_2 feature level and OpenGL 2.0. Vulkan is not supported, as the Vulkan field is null. The R400 architecture and RV410 chip implement the graphics pipeline through 8 TMUs and 8 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 3.200 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 3.200 GTexel/s. The memory clock of 200 MHz and effective data rate of 400 Mbps feed that pipeline through a 64-bit bus, sustaining 3.200 GB/s. Display connectivity uses 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video. For modern graphics feature expectations, the key limitations are the DirectX 9_2 ceiling, the missing Vulkan field, and the lack of RT and tensor hardware. The 128 MB DDR memory and 3.200 GB/s bandwidth further constrain feature-heavy rendering, since those features require additional memory and bandwidth that the card cannot supply. The card is therefore best understood as a DirectX 9.0b (9_2) and OpenGL 2.0 era product whose fixed-function 8 TMUs and 8 ROPs handle all rendering work without dedicated acceleration blocks.

FAQ

Q: Does the ATI Radeon X1050 support ray tracing?

A: No. The rtCores field is null, so no ray tracing cores are present in the data.

Q: What graphics APIs does the X1050 support?

A: It supports DirectX 9.0b at the 9_2 feature level and OpenGL 2.0. Vulkan is not supported, as the Vulkan field is null.

Q: How much memory does the card have and what is its bandwidth?

A: It has 128 MB of DDR memory on a 64-bit bus. The memory clock is 200 MHz with a 400 Mbps effective data rate, producing 3.200 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: What power supply is recommended for this card?

A: The suggested PSU is 200 W. The card's TDP is 24 W, and it has no power connectors.

Q: Does the X1050 require an auxiliary power connector?

A: No. The data lists "None" for power connectors, so the card draws power only through the PCIe 1.0 x16 slot.

Q: Is the X1050 still in production?

A: No. Its production status is end-of-life, with a release date of 2008-01-24.