August 2003 3Digest:
ATI RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB DDR (275/540 MHz)
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This chip is presented by ATI RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9500 PRO GPU, 275MHz clock rate;
- 128MB DDR SGRAM in 8 Hynix 3.6ns BGA chips; 270 (540) MHz clock speed; 128-bit bus.
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 2200 megapixels/sec and 2200 megatexels/sec.
Wasn't overclocked.
By the end of the month the product belongs to the $175-195 range; closest rival: GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP 8x.
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.
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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