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September 2003 3Digest:
PowerColor RADEON 9800SE 128MB 256bit (Gold)







This chip is presented by PowerColor RADEON 9800SE 128MB 256bit (Gold), AGP card.




Features:

  • ATI RADEON 9800 GPU, 380MHz clock rate;
  • 128Mb DDR SDRAM in 8 Hynix chips on both PCB sides. 2.8ns fetch time indicates about 350 (700) MHz, but the memory operates at 340 (680) MHz. 256-bit bus. 4 rendering pipelines (not 8!).
  • Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 1520 megapixels/sec and 1520 megatexels/sec.

Wasn't overclocked.

Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards

By the end of the month the product belongs to the $230-250 range; supports DirectX 9.0.

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.



Andrew Vorobyev (Anvakams@ixbt.com)
Alexandr Kondakov (kondalex@ixbt.com)

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