September 2004 3Digest:
ATI RADEON X700XT 128MB GDDR3 (475/1050 MHz)
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This GPU is presented by ATI RADEON X700XT 128MB GDDR3 (475/1050 MHz) PCX reference card.
Features:
- ATI RADEON X700 XT GPU, 475 MHz clock rate. 8 pixel and 6 vertex pipelines.
- 128 MB DDR SDRAM in 8 Samsung memory chips. 2.0ns indicate 500 (1000) MHz,
but the memory operates at 525 (1050) MHz. 128-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 3800 megapixels/sec and 3800 megatexels/sec.
Theoretical and analytical videocard reviews, containing functional analysis of ATI graphics cards
By the end of the month the product costs $200-240, supports DirectX 9.0c (shaders).
This novelty entered testing early in September. Designed for middle-end segment, it has only PCI-E interface for now.
This $200-220 product is rather successful and outperforms previous-generation high-end cards. A rival of GeForce 6600GT.
On September 10, 2004 the latest drivers from ATI were 6.476 (CATALYST 4.9, WHQL, Release) for Windows XP.
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