August 2003 3Digest:
ATI RADEON 9000 128MB DDR (250/400 MHz)
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This chip is presented by Hercules 3D Prophet 9000 Pro 128MB, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9000 GPU, clock speed reduced to 250 MHz;
- 128MB DDR SGRAM in 8 Samsung 3.6ns chips, 200 (400) MHz clock speed, 128-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 1000 megapixels/sec and 1000 megatexels/sec.
Wasn't overclocked.
By the end of the month the product belongs to the $50-70 range; supports DirectX 8.1; closest rivals: GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce4 MX440.
Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI RADEON 9000
On August 10, 2003 no new ATI drivers are available 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.
Cards' performance is in the summary diagrams.
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