September 2003 3Digest:
Sapphire Atlantis RADEON 9200 PCI 64MB 64bit (250/400 MHz)
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This chip is presented by Sapphire Atlantis RADEON 9200 PCI 64MB 64bit, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9200 GPU, 250MHz clock rate;
- 64Mb DDR SDRAM in 4 A-Data chips on both PCB sides. 4ns fetch time indicates 250 (500) MHz, but the memory operates at 200 (400) MHz. 64-bit bus!!! 64 Mb memory is what left after half of all chips was removed (PCB has their empty locations); each chips is 16-bit that gives us 64-bit in total.
- 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.
Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards
On September 10, 2003 the latest drivers from ATI are 6.378 and 6.387 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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