November 2002 3Digest - ATI RADEON 7500 (270/460 MHz)
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This chip is presented by Manli RADEON 7500 64MB (270/460 MHz), AGP videocard.
Features:
- ATI RADEON 7500 chip, 270MHz clock rate;
- 64MB DDR SDRAM memory in eight ESMT 4ns microchips, 230 (460) MHz clock rate, 128-bit bus;
- Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 540 megapixels/sec and 1620 megatexels/sec with three texture blocks on each pipeline and 1080 megatexels/sec with two texture blocks on each pipeline.
Wasn't overclocked.
In the beginning of December the product belongs to the $65-80 range; supports DirectX 7.0; closest rival: GeForce4 MX440.
On the 10th of November 2002 the latest drivers from ATI are 6.200 for Windows XP, 9.069 for Windows ME. The performance results are in the summary diagrams.
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.
You can see that the latest Windows XP drivers are good or rather identical. Some versions demonstrate problems with refresh rate setting. Known treatments are described at Radeon2.ru. In the forum there you can also read about problems users of various ATI cards face with various drivers.
And now I want to attract your attention to another important 3D feature - filtering. As many of you know, all chipsets support bilinear filtering that is an important instrument in MIP-mapping, some chipsets support trilinear filtering (true, not the approximation) and only few support anisotropic filtering.
Due to the fact that Radeon does support anisotropic filtering, I recommend you to pay attention to the article concerning this feature.
Below are some screenshots taken on RADEON and reference ones taken on NVIDIA GeForce3.
Games / Cards |
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ATI RADEON 7500 |
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-rtcw1-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-rtcw2-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-jk21-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-jk22-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-morro1-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-morro2-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-xp-rally21-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-xp-rally22-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-redfaction1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-trophy1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-nfshp21-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-nfshp22-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-venom1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-ut21-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-ut22-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-doom31-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-doom32-1024-mini.jpg)
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NVIDIA GeForce3 |
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-rtcw1-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-rtcw2-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-unr21-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-unr22-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-unr23-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-unr24-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-c41-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-c42-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-jk21-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-jk22-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-morro1-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-morro2-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-rally21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-redfaction1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-trophy1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-nfshp21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-venom1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-ut21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-doom31-1024-mini.jpg)
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Games / Cards |
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ATI RADEON 7500 |
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-xp-bod1-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-xp-bod2-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-nwn1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-game11-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-game21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-game31-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-dot3-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-war31-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-sof21-1024-mini.jpg)
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NVIDIA GeForce3 |
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-bod1-1024-mini.jpg)
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-bod2-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-nwn1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-game11-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-game21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-game31-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-game41-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-dot3-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-embm-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-vertex-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-war31-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-sof21-1024-mini.jpg)
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ATI RADEON 7500 |
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-renegade1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-nolf21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-aqua1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-ssam21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/rad7500/rad7500-il21-1024-mini.jpg)
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NVIDIA GeForce3 |
![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-renegade1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-nolf21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-aqua1-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-ssam21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-il21-1024-mini.jpg)
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![](http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-video/gf3/gf3-mohaa1-1024-mini.jpg)
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Game list:
- 1. Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- 2. Unreal2 (alpha version)
- 3. Comanche4
- 4. Jedi Knight II Outcast
- 5. Morrowind
- 6. Colin McRAE Rally2 (Windows XP)
- 7. Red Faction
- 8. Rally Trophy
- 9. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
- 10. Venom
- 11. Unreal Tournament 2003 DEMO
- 12. DOOM 3 v0.02
- 13. Blade of Darkness (Windows XP)
- 14. Neverwinter Nights
- 15. 3DMark2001: Game1
- 16. 3DMark2001: Game2
- 17. 3DMark2001: Game3
- 18. 3DMark2001: Game4
- 19. 3DMark2001: Dot3
- 20. 3DMark2001: EMBM
- 21. 3DMark2001: Vertex Shaders
- 22. 3DMark2001: Pixel Shaders
- 23. Warcraft III
- 24. Soldier of Fortune II
- 25. Command and Conquer: Renegade
- 26. No One Lives Forever Demo
- 27. AquaNox
- 28. Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
- 29. IL2: Shturmovik
- 30. MoHAA
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