This GPU is presented by Sapphire Atlantis RADEON 9600 XT Ultimate, 128MB, AGP card.

Features:

• ATI RADEON 9600 GPU, 500MHz clock rate;
• Hynix memory chips. 2.8 ns indicate 350 (700) MHz, but the memory operates at 300 (600) MHz. 128-bit bus;
• Peak fill rate in the multitexturing mode is 2000 megapixels/sec and 2000 megatexels/sec.

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By the end of the month the product costs $160-170 on average, supports DirectX 9.0. Presses the middle-end limit from below. The price is going down, so the popularity grows. Though low-end RADEON 9800 already take its demand partly.

AGP x8/x4, 128MB DDR SDRAM in 8 Hynix chips. 2.8ns indicate 350 (700) MHz, but the memory operates at 300 (600) MHz. 128-bit bus.

On November 10, 2004 the latest drivers from ATI were 6.490 (CATALYST 4.11 WHQL, Release), 6.497 (CATALYST beta) for Windows XP.