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.
| Manufacturer | ATI |
| Radeon Xpress X1200 Series | Radeon Xpress X1270 4/0@400MHz Radeon Xpress X1250 4/0@350MHz Radeon Xpress X1200 4/0@350MHz |
| Codename | M690T |
| Pipelines | 4 / 0 Pixel- / Vertexshader |
| Core Speed * | 400 MHz |
| Memory Speed * | |
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| Memory Type | |
| Max. Amount of Memory | 128 MB |
| Shared Memory | yes |
| DirectX | DirectX 9, Shader 2.0 |
| technology | 80 nm |
| Features | PowerPlay 7.0, 80 or 90nm process, HDMI support! |
| Notebook Size | small and light |
| Date of Announcement | 01.02.2007 |
| Link to Manufacturer Page | http://www.amd.com/gb-uk/Processors/Prod... |
Benchmarks
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.
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

7 benchmarks and specifications
7 benchmarks and specifications