September 2003 3Digest:
ATI RADEON 9700Pro 128MB DDR (325/620 MHz)
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This chip is presented by Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro 128MB, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9700 GPU, 325MHz clock rate;
- 128MB DDR SGRAM in 8 Samsung
K4D26323RA-GC2A BGA chips; 350 (700) MHz clock speed indicating 2.8ns fetch time instead of 2.2ns as provided in some reviews; 310 (620) MHz default clock, 256-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 2600 megapixels/sec and 2600 megatexels/sec.
Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards
By the end of the month the product belongs to the $300-320 range; supports DirectX 9.0.
On September 10, 2003 the latest drivers from ATI are 6.378 and 6.387 for Windows XP.
As you can see, these versions are almost identical in performance.
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.
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