Conclusion

With the Rx800PRO-TD256, MSI has added a solid but unspectacular card to its product portfolio. Like many other Radeon X800 Pro cards based on Ati's reference layout, which includes stock cooling and performance, the card does not offer much value add beyond Ati's design. However, in addition to its good 3-D performance, the card also offers a very extensive gaming bundle. Home cinema enthusiasts will also appreciate the inclusion of a YPrPb component output/cable, allowing the connection of an HDTV display.

But games aside, the other software bundled with the card, while appearing very extensive at first glance, mostly consists of limited editions and outdated versions.

Pros

High 3D performance and DirectX 9.0b support Texture filtering optimizations can deactivated (in part) TV-Out HDTV connectivity thanks to YPrPb cable Very good gaming bundle

Cons

High price Outdated software bundle No video inputs

Feature Table

Overview
Product Name	MSI RX800PRO-TD256
Manufacturer	MSI
Graphics Processor	ATI Radeon X800 Pro Codename R420
Bus Standard	AGP 4x/8x
Memory	256MB
Memory Type	GDDR3
Core Clock Speed	475 MHz
Memory Clock Speed	450 MHz
Memory Buswidth	256-bit
Memory Bandwidth	28.8 GB/s
Pixel Pipelines	12
Vertex Shader Units	6
3D Features
DirectX Support	DirectX 9.0b
Texture Filtering	Bilinear Trilinear max 16x Anisotrop
FSAA	Multi-Sampling: 2x/4x/6x
Floating Point Precission	24-bit
Outputs
VGA	1x
DVI	1x
TV-Out	+
TV-Out HDTV Support	+
Dual-Link DVI	-
Inputs
Power Cable	+
Video-In	-
TV-In (Tuner)	-
Audio-In	-
Equipment
Cooling	Cooling Fan
Adjustable Fan-Speed	Automatic
Hardware-Monitoring	Automatic
DVI-I -> VGA Adaptor	+
Cables	S-Video Cable Composite Cable
(HDTV) YPrPb component output	+
Bundle
Software Bundle	3D-Album LE 2.03 Adobe Photoshop Album 1.0 SE E-Color 3Deep Intervideo WinDVD 4 5.1 Ch Media Ring Dialer MSI Media Center II RestoreIt 3.0 Showshifter Trend PC-Cill 2004 VirtualDr 7.0 WinDVD Creator Plus
Games Bundle	Prince of Persia The Sands of Time Uru Ages Beyond Mystery XI
Others	-

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