- The X600 Pro supports 128 and 256 megabyte memory configurations, using Double Data Rate memory. This memory uses a 128-bit data bus consisting of two 64-bit data channels to transfer information between the Graphics Processing Unit and video memory. This memory has a clock speed of 300 MHz, with an effective speed of 600 MHz. This memory configuration allows the X600 Pro to transfer 9.6 gigabytes of data per second.
- Graphics processing in the X600 Pro is carried by an RV380 Graphics Processing Unit. This GPU has a core clock speed of 400 MHz. Textures, geometry, effects and other graphics are processed by the RV380, with a combination of fragment pipelines, vertex pipelines, texture units and raster operators. The X600 includes four fragment pipelines that handle a variety of 3D-lighting and shading effects. The X600 translates three-dimensional geometry into a two-dimensional format for the monitor using two vertex pipelines. It also includes four texture units to combine 3D-geometry and textures, and four raster operators, to write processed data to memory and apply texture smoothing anti-aliasing effects.
- The X600 provides weak graphics processing capabilities compared to any modern video card. It is capable of calculating shader operations at 1,600 million operations per second. The X600 is capable of sending regular and textured pixels to the screen at 1,600 million pixels and million texels per second. The vertex shaders included on this card are capable of processing 3D geometry at a rate of 200 million vertices per second.
- The X600 is only compatible with applications that provide support for older video cards using outdated Application Programming Interfaces. The APIs supported by the X600 include DirectX9.0, OpenGL 2.0 and Shader Model 2.0. These software packages are used by 3D graphics programmers to create a common programming interface that serves a variety of hardware configurations. Typically, API compatibility only impacts programs utilizing advanced graphics processing features. The X600 Pro is compatible with PCI Express motherboards, but only supports the slower PCI-Express x16 graphics interface standard.