July 2003 3Digest:
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DDR (380/680 MHz)
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This chip is presented by ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9800 GPU, 380MHz clock rate;
- Samsung K4D26323RA-GC2A BGA chips. 350 (700) MHz max. clock rate (2.8ns fetch time); 340 (680) MHz default clock rate; 256-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 3000 megapixels/sec and 3000 megatexels/sec.
Overclocks to 430/760 MHz.
All the details about this card are available in our review.
By the end of the month the product belongs to the $400-450 range; supports DirectX 9.0; closest rivals: GeForceFX 5800, GeForceFX 5800 Ultra, GeForceFX 5900 Ultra.
On June 10, 2003 the latest drivers from ATI are 6.360 and 6.368 for Windows XP.
I shall note there's
Radeon2.ru web-site that tracks all software novelties from ATI and offers improved drivers versions with preset registry settings for increasing RADEON cards perfomance.
All the latest drivers belong to the CATALYST series.
Considering the new anisotropy quality, I recommend you to read the anisotropic filtering section.
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