September 2004 3Digest:
ATI RADEON 9550 XT 128MB DDR (400/500 MHz)
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This GPU is presented by GeCube RADEON 9550 XT Extreme 128MB, AGP card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 9550 GPU, 400(!) MHz core clock;
- 128MB DDR SGRAM; 250 (500) MHz clock speed; 128-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 1600 megapixels/sec and 1600 megatexels/sec.
Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards
By the end of the month the product costs $100 on average, supports DirectX 9.0c. You can see it's just an average product called to raise popularity of 9550. This is actually a slightly modified Radeon 9600 Pro with a relatively low price.
AGP x8/x4, 128MB DDR SDRAM in 8 EtronTech BGA chips. 3.3 ns fetch indicates 300 (600) MHz clock, but memory operates at 250 (500) MHz clock. Note the increased clock rate (250/200 (400) MHz).
On September 10, 2004 the latest drivers from ATI were 6.476 (CATALYST 4.9, WHQL, Release) for Windows XP.
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