January 2004 3Digest:
ATI RADEON 9700Pro 128MB DDR (325/620 MHz)
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This chip is presented by HIS Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9700 GPU, 325MHz clock rate;
- 128MB DDR SGRAM in 8 Samsung BGA chips (K4D26323RA-GC2A). 350 (700) MHz max. clock speed indicates 2.8ns fetch time instead of 2.2ns provided in some earlier digests. By default the memory works at 310 (620) MHz, 256-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 2600 megapixels/sec and 2600 megatexels/sec.
Theoretical and analytical graphics card reviews containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards
By the end of the month the product costs $280 on average, supports DirectX 9.0.
On January 10, 2004 the latest driver from ATI is 6.404 for Windows XP. I shall note there's Radeon2.ru website that tracks all software novelties from ATI and offers improved drivers versions with preset registry settings for increasing RADEON cards perfomance.
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