August 2004 3Digest:
ATI RADEON 9600XT 128MB (500/600 MHz)
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This GPU is presented by Sapphire Atlantis RADEON 9600 XT Ultimate, 128MB, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9600 GPU, 500MHz clock rate;
- Hynix 2.8ns chips indicate 350 (700) MHz, but actual clock rate is 300 (600) MHz, 128-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 2000 megapixels/sec and 2000 megatexels/sec.
Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards
By the end of the month the product costs $160-170 on average, supports DirectX 9.0. Presses the middle-end limit from below. The price is going down, so the popularity grows. Though low-end RADEON 9800 already take its demand partly.
AGP x8/x4, 128MB DDR SDRAM in 8 Hynix chips. 2.8ns indicate 350 (700) MHz, but the memory operates at 300 (600) MHz. 128-bit bus.
On August 10, 2004 the latest drivers from ATI were 6.467 (CATALYST 4.8 WHQL Release) and 6.476 (CATALYST 4.9 beta) for Windows XP.
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