ATI Radeon Xpress X1270

The Radeon Xpress X1270 (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.

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 X1270 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.

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
Radeon Xpress X1200 Series

Radeon Xpress X1270 4/0@400MHz

Radeon Xpress X1250 4/0@350MHz

Radeon Xpress X1200 4/0@350MHz

CodenameM690T
Pipelines4 / 0 Pixel- / Vertexshader
Core Speed *400 MHz
Memory Speed *
Memory Bus Width
Memory Type
Max. Amount of Memory128 MB
Shared Memoryyes
DirectXDirectX 9, Shader 2.0
technology80 nm
FeaturesPowerPlay 7.0, 80 or 90nm process, HDMI support!
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 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 3166     avg: 4858.6 (8%)     max: 5860 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 1200     avg: 1672.6 (2%)     max: 1970 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 773     avg: 982.9 (3%)     max: 1190 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 291     avg: 342.3 (1%)     max: 374 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU
0% 100%
min: 3.2     avg: 3.2 (47%)     max: 3.2 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games
0% 100%
min: 3.1     avg: 3.1 (46%)     max: 3.1 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 540     avg: 618 (6%)     max: 755 Points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
67 76 ~ 72 fps      Compare
med.:
15 15 ~ 15 fps      Compare
high:
2 2 ~ 2 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
World of Warcraft (2005): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
88 89.8 107 ~ 95 fps      Compare
» 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

Notebook reviews with ATI Radeon Xpress X1270 graphics card

Averatec 2575 (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64, 12.1")
» Averatec 2575 - External Review

Dell Inspiron 1521 (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64, 15.4")
» Dell Inspiron 1521 - External Review

Dell Inspiron 1721 (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64, 17.1")
» Dell Inspiron 1721 - External Review

Dell Latitude D531 (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56, 15.4")
» Dell Latitude D531 - External Review

Gateway LT3103u (AMD Athlon 64 L110, 11.6")
» Gateway LT3103u - External Review

Gateway LT3106a (AMD Athlon 64 L110, 11.6")
» Gateway LT3106a - External Review

Gateway M-1626 (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 15.4")
» Gateway M-1626 - External Review

HP Compaq 6515b (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64, 14.1")
» HP Compaq 6515b - External Review

HP Pavilion dv2-1001eg (AMD Athlon Neo MV-40, 12.1")
» Review HP Pavilion dv2 Subnotebook - Review

Maxdata Belinea b.book 3 (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 17.1")
» Maxdata Belinea b.book 3 - External Review

Medion E1311 (AMD Mobile Sempron 210U, 11.6")
» Medion E1311 - External Review

MSI Megabook ER710 (AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53, 17.1")
» MSI Megabook ER710 - External Review

MSI Megabook EX600 (Intel Core 2 Duo T5250, 15.4")
» MSI Megabook EX600 - External Review

MSI Megabook PR210 (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56, 12.1")
» MSI Megabook PR210 - External Review

Novatech B17 (AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42, 17.0")
» Novatech B17 - External Review

Toshiba Satellite L300D (AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-57, 15.4")
» Toshiba Satellite L300D - External Review

Toshiba Satellite P305 (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 15.4")
» Toshiba Satellite P305 - External Review

» Comparison of GPUs
Detailled list of all laptop GPUs with a short description. Classified and sorted by performance.

» Benchmark List
Sortable and restrainable list of all GPUs with benchmarks (e.g. 3DMarks).

» Notebook Gaming List
Which game can be played with my graphics card.

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Radeon HD 6970
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Radeon HD 6870
GeForce GTX 470
Radeon HD 5850
GeForce GTX 460 768MB
Radeon HD 6790
Radeon HD 5770
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTS 450
Radeon HD 4850
Radeon HD 5670
Class 2
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 430
7590M *
Radeon HD 5570
Radeon HD 6550D *
GeForce GT 220
Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Class 3
Radeon HD 4350
GeForce G 107M *
Chrome9HD *
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
SGX543MP2 *
Mali-400 MP *
PowerVR SGX540 *
PowerVR SGX535
unknown *

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2012-01-25)