August 2004 3Digest:
ATI RADEON 9800SE 128MB 128bit (325/540 MHz)
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This chip is presented by Sapphire Atlantis RADEON 9800SE 128MB 128bit, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9800 SE GPU (4 pipelines), 325MHz;
- 128 MB DDR SDRAM, 4 rendering pipelines (not 8!).
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 1300 megapixels/sec and 1300 megatexels/sec.
Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards
By the end of the month the product costs $130-150 on average, supports DirectX 9.0. This product was negatively considered, because it should have had 256 bit bus and clock rates of 9800 PRO.
Infineon memory chips. 3.3ns indicate 300 (600) MHz, but the memory operates at 270 (540) 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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