ATI Radeon X800 SE

The ATI Radeon X800 SE is an end-of-life graphics card from AMD, built around the R423 chip and the R400 architecture. It is classified under the Radeon R400 PCIe (X800) generation and was released on 2004-10-03. The database records TSMC's 130 nm process as the manufacturing node, with 160 million transistors packed into a 289 mm² die, for a transistor density of 553.6K per mm². The memory configuration is 128 MB of DDR on a 256-bit bus, running at 350 MHz with 700 Mbps effective speed and delivering 22.40 GB/s of bandwidth. The card interfaces with the system through PCIe 1.0 x16, occupies a single slot, requires no power connectors, and lists a 200 W suggested PSU. Its display outputs are 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video. API support extends to DirectX 9.0b (9_2) and OpenGL 2.1, with no Vulkan entry recorded. In the database's ranking, the X800 SE sits at the 50th percentile of all GPUs, although its average benchmark score is 0 and no individual benchmarks are listed. The R400 PCIe generation label ties this part to the X800 family in the database, and the release date anchors it chronologically between its listed predecessor and successor.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals field is empty for this entry. No competitor names, no rival scores, and no deltaPct values are attached to the X800 SE, so this section cannot cite a specific product gap. The data simply does not include head-to-head comparisons.

The sole positional metric is the percentileVsAllGpus figure of 50. This puts the card at the exact median of the GPU distribution in the database, with a portion of the cataloged GPUs above it and the remaining portion below it. It is a broad rank, not a measured margin over a named competitor.

Generationally, the X800 SE is framed by the Radeon R300 as predecessor and the Radeon R500 PCIe as successor. The record does not list scores for either, so the only supported statement is that the X800 SE occupies the R400 PCIe step between those two family generations.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The R423 chip represents the R400 architecture, and the feature set is purely rasterization-focused. The rtCores and tensorCores fields are both null, meaning there is no dedicated ray tracing acceleration and no tensor core array for AI or compute tasks in the database record. Real-time ray tracing and tensor-accelerated features are not part of this card's capability set.

On the API side, the card lists DirectX 9.0b (9_2) and OpenGL 2.1. The DirectX 9.0b (9_2) entry is the highest DirectX version recorded; no later DirectX release appears for this part. OpenGL support is capped at 2.1, and the Vulkan field is null, so no Vulkan compatibility is recorded.

The rasterization pipeline comprises 8 texture mapping units and 8 render output units. The texture rate is 3.400 GTexel/s and the pixel rate is 3.400 GPixel/s — an identical pair of figures that indicates balanced output between the TMU and ROP arrays. The memory subsystem behind those units is a 128 MB DDR frame buffer on a 256-bit bus. The 350 MHz memory clock yields a 700 Mbps effective data rate and a resulting bandwidth of 22.40 GB/s. The wide 256-bit bus is the defining feature of this memory design, allowing the card to reach 22.40 GB/s without a very high memory clock. That bandwidth feeds the 8 TMUs, while the 8 ROPs output into the 128 MB frame buffer.

With no RT cores and no tensor cores, any workload that depends on those units is outside the scope of this entry. The card is limited to what DirectX 9.0b (9_2) and OpenGL 2.1 expose.

Power and Cooling

The fact pack does not record a TDP for the X800 SE, so no thermal design power number can be quoted. The power guidance is expressed instead by the suggested PSU field, which lists a 200 W power supply, and by the power connector field, which reads "None".

With no power connectors, the card draws power exclusively through the PCIe 1.0 x16 slot. The 200 W PSU figure is the database's system-level recommendation, and the absence of a dedicated power input suggests the card itself is not the dominant load in that recommendation.

The cooling layout is a single-slot design, as indicated by the slotWidth field. Single-slot cooling is the logical fit for a card with no power connectors and a 200 W suggested PSU. The production status is end-of-life, so the card is no longer manufactured; the power and cooling figures in the record refer to a product that is now legacy hardware.

Who Should Consider It

The X800 SE's database characteristics — 50th-percentile placement and an average benchmark score of 0 — make it an unlikely candidate for demanding software. Because the benchmarks array is empty, the data offers no measured evidence of performance at any resolution or settings. Recommendations must therefore be drawn from the hardware specifications.

The 128 MB frame buffer is the tightest constraint. Content that requires more memory than that will overflow, so the card is best matched to older DirectX 9.0b (9_2) games and applications written for the 9_2 feature level. At lower resolutions and reduced detail settings, the 128 MB capacity and 22.40 GB/s of bandwidth are more likely to stay within bounds.

The 8 TMUs and 8 ROPs, coupled with the 3.400 GTexel/s texture rate and 3.400 GPixel/s pixel rate, define a modest raster throughput. The 256-bit memory bus is a strength in this configuration, easing the bandwidth pressure that often limits fill-rate-heavy scenes. However, the 128 MB capacity still caps the working set size.

On connectivity, the card offers 1x DVI, 1x VGA, and 1x S-Video outputs. That combination makes it suited to CRT displays through VGA, standard-definition televisions through S-Video, and digital monitors through DVI — a triple-output arrangement that matches the accessory ecosystem of its release date on 2004-10-03. The single-slot cooler and 200 W suggested PSU also make the card an easy fit for smaller or older chassis, where physical space and power delivery are limited.

The absence of Vulkan support and the OpenGL 2.1 cap mean that users should not expect compatibility with software requiring newer API entry points. The X800 SE is, on the basis of this record, a legacy rasterization card for hardware collectors or retro system builders using the PCIe 1.0 x16 interface.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmarks array for the X800 SE contains no entries, and the avgBenchmarkScore is 0. With no sample scores stored, there are no frame-rate figures or synthetic benchmarks to analyze. Additionally, the nearestRivals array is empty, so no deltaPct values can be computed or quoted against competing products.

The percentileVsAllGpus field supplies the only quantitative performance context: a value of 50. In cumulative terms, this places the X800 SE at the median of the database's GPU population — ahead of the portion below the 50th percentile and behind the portion above it. Because the average benchmark score is 0, the percentile appears to be a catalog-level ordering rather than a value derived from a measured score.

From the specification data, the pipeline rates are 3.400 GPixel/s for pixels and 3.400 GTexel/s for textures. Those equal rates mean the card's pixel output and texture output share the same ceiling. The memory side provides 22.40 GB/s of bandwidth over a 256-bit bus, which is the figure that determines how quickly the 8 TMUs can be fed. In any workload, the lower of the fill-rate ceiling and the bandwidth ceiling would set the effective throughput; the fact pack does not provide measured results to show which ceiling binds in practice.

Because no recorded score exists, the X800 SE's benchmark performance is effectively undefined in absolute terms. Its only defensible numerical position is the 50th percentile, which is a rank within the database, not a performance figure. The empty benchmarks and nearestRivals arrays prevent any exact percentage-based comparison. The lack of measured data is itself a finding: the database cannot substantiate any absolute performance claim for this card beyond the 50th-percentile rank.