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ATI Radeon Xpress X1250

The Radeon Xpress X1250 (RS600M or RS690M) is an onboard graphics card for notebooks / laptops and according to AMD optimized for a good price/value. It is based on a X700 design but with less pixel- and vertex-pipelines. It is included in the RS690M / M690T chipset.

The exact core clock is not clear as it varies from 350 MHz (according to Wikipedia) to 400 MHz (some GPU-Z versions). The different RS600 and RS690 (Xpress X1200, X1250, and X1270) offer the same graphics core, but may have a different core clock. Still the performance should be compareable.

ATI Radeon Xpress X1250 is hardly apt for gamers. Only old games like Quake 3 Arena can be played in 1024x768 with high/medium details fluently. Even Warcraft 3 runs fluently with minimum details. Current, damanding games like FEAR, Doom3 and Quake 4 can hardly be played (e.g. 2 frames per second in battle scenes in Quake 4). Some strategy games like Age of Empires 3 can only be played with minimal details.

The graphic chip supports Windows Vista Aero surface and all 3D effects run fluently. Due to HyperMemory Aero is supported with high resolutions (tested with 1280x800 + 1920x1200).

Technically the chip has 4 pixel-pipelines and either a texture unit (with 2 vertex shaders) or no vertex shaders (each source tells a different story).

The current consumption of the desktop version lies around 13.8 Watt (TDP) and 8 Watt average. The mobile versions could be more economic as they offer Powerplay support.

ManufacturerATI
SeriesRadeon Xpress X1200
CodenameRS690M
Pipelines4 / 0 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed *350 MHz
Shader Speed *
Memory Speed *
Memory Bus Width
Memory Type
Max. Amount of Memory128 MB
Shared Memoryyes
DirectXDirectX 9, Shader 2.0b
technology80 nm
Features80/90nm, Avivo
Notebook Sizesmall and light
Date of Announcement01.02.2007
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://www.amd.com/gb-uk/Processors/Prod...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

benchmarks

3DMark 2001: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 6309, avg: 7012, max: 8011 Points
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3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 1308, avg: 2157, max: 2928 Points
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3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 770, avg: 1089, max: 1333 Points
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3DMark 06:
0% 100%
      min: 216, avg: 378, max: 539 Points
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Cinebench R10: - Shading
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      min: 520, avg: 763, max: 888 Points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 30 benchmarks

Game Benchmarks

F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
69 83 ~ 76 fps
med.:
23 24 ~ 24 fps
high:
7 7 ~ 7 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
199.3  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2009-09-24)