ATI Radeon Xpress X1200

The Radeon Xpress X1200 (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.

The exact core clock is not clear as it varies from 350 MHz (according to Wikipedia) to 500 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 X1200 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 (20-25 fps, tested with a FSC Amilo Pa 2510).

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.

Radeon Xpress X1200 Series

Radeon Xpress X1270	4/0 cores @ 0.4 GHz
Radeon Xpress X1250	4/0 cores @ 0.35 GHz
Radeon Xpress X1200	4/0 cores @ 0.35 GHz

Codename

RS690M

Pipelines

4 / 0 Pixel- / Vertexshader

Core Speed

350 MHz

Max. Amount of Memory

128 MB

Shared Memory

yes

API

DirectX 9, Shader 2.0

technology

80 nm

Features

80/90nm, Avivo Video Processor

Date of Announcement

01.02.2007

Link to Manufacturer Page

http://www.amd.com/gb-uk/Processors/Prod...

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard

3824 Points (4%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	TL-50	Radeon Xpress X1200 400 MHz 0.1 GB	2 GB	3824
Fujitsu-Siemens Pa2510	TL-50	Radeon Xpress X1200 0.1 GB	2 GB	3824

3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard

1334 Points (1%)

+ 2 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	TL-50	Radeon Xpress X1200 400 MHz 0.1 GB	2 GB	1334
Fujitsu-Siemens Pa2510	TL-50	Radeon Xpress X1200 0.1 GB	2 GB	1334

3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard

min: 831 avg: 839 median: 831 (1%) max: 855 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	TL-50	Radeon Xpress X1200 400 MHz 0.1 GB	2 GB	831
Fujitsu-Siemens Pa2510	TL-50	Radeon Xpress X1200 0.1 GB	2 GB	831
Toshiba Satellite A210-12Z	TL-52	Radeon Xpress X1200 ? / 400 MHz 0.1 GB	2 GB	855

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 -84%

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ATI Mobility FireGL V3100 -31%

ATI Radeon Xpress 200M -30%

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 -25%

ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 -25%

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 -22%

NVIDIA GeForce 7000M -19%

NVIDIA GeForce 7150M -17%

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 -12%

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 -4%

ATI Radeon Xpress X1200

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 7%

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 7%

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 8%

ATI Radeon Xpress X1270 17%

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M 18%

ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 18%

ATI Mobility Radeon X300 18%

ATI Radeon Xpress X1250 30%

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 43%

...

AMD Radeon 680M 6411%

100%

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings +

3DMark 06

278 points (0%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	TL-50	Radeon Xpress X1200 400 MHz 0.1 GB	2 GB	278
Fujitsu-Siemens Pa2510 (3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	TL-50	Radeon Xpress X1200 0.1 GB	2 GB	278

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 +

3DMark 06

235 Points (0%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800
Toshiba Satellite A210-12Z (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	TL-52	Radeon Xpress X1200 ? / 400 MHz 0.1 GB	2 GB	235

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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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.