July 2004 3Digest:
RADEON 9600 256MB (325/400 MHz)
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This chip is presented by Hercules 3D Prophet 9600 256MB, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9600 GPU, 325MHz clock rate;
- 256MB DDR SGRAM; 200 (400) MHz clock rate; 128-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 1300 megapixels/sec and 1300 megatexels/sec.
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By the end of the month the product costs $106-110 on average, supports DirectX 9.0. There's nothing to add to this. 256MB is a purely marketing trick.
AGP x8/x4, 256MB DDR SDRAM in 8 Hynix chips. 4ns indicate 250 (500) MHz, but the memory operates at 200 (400) MHz usual for RADEON 9600. 128 bit bus.
On July 10, 2004 the latest drivers from ATI were 6.458 (CATALYST 4.7) (WHQL, Release) for Windows XP.
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