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Review - ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
Review by Edward
Chang, call sign: Big_E
December 30, 2002
Feature Comparison:
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Cards
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ATI Radeon 9700 Pro |
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro |
ATI Radeon 9000 |
ATI Radeon 8500 128MB |
ATI Radeon 7500 |
MSI GeForce4 TI4600 |
MSI GeForce4 TI4200 |
EVGA GeForce4 MX440 |
Leadtek GeForce3 |
| Chip Technology |
512-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
256-bit |
| Manufacturing Process |
.15 u |
.15 u |
.15 u |
.15 u |
.15 u |
.15 u |
.15 u |
.15 u |
.15 u |
| Transistors |
110 |
37 |
37 |
60 |
30 |
63 |
63 |
29 |
57 |
| Fill Rate (MegaPixels) |
2600 |
1100 |
900 |
1100 |
580 |
1200 |
900 |
540 |
800 |
| Fill Rate (GigaTexels) |
2.6 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
1.74 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
1.08 |
1.6 |
| Memory Bandwidth |
19.8 GB |
8.8 GB |
8.0 GB |
8.8 GB |
7.4 GB |
9.6 GB |
8.0 GB |
6.4 GB |
7.4 GB |
| 8X AGP Bus |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Memory |
256-bit 128MB Samsung 2.86-ns DDR |
64MB Hynix 3.3-ns DDR |
64MB Hynix 4-ns DDR |
128MB Hynix 3.3-ns DDR |
64MB Samsung 4-ns DDR |
128MB Samsung 2.86-ns DDR |
128MB Hynix 4-ns DDR |
64MB Samsung 5-ns DDR |
64MB 3.8-ns DDR |
| GPU Clock |
325 |
275 |
250 |
275 |
290 |
300 |
250 |
270 |
200 |
| Memory Clock |
310 |
275 |
250 |
275 |
230 |
300 |
250 |
200 |
230 |
| Pixel Shader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pixel Pipelines |
8 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
| Texture Units Per Pipe |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| DirectX Generation |
9.0 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
7.0 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
| Memory Optimizations |
Hyper-Z III |
Hyper-Z II |
Hyper-Z II |
Hyper-Z II |
Hyper-Z |
LMA II |
LMA II |
LMA II |
LMA |
| Display Outputs |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Chip Internal Ramdacs |
2x400 MHz |
2x400 MHz |
2x400 MHz |
2x400 MHz |
2x350 MHz |
2x350 MHz |
2x350 MHz |
350 MHz |
350 MHz |
| Approximate Price |
$350 |
$100 |
$80 |
$120 |
$60 |
$250 |
$150 |
$75 |
$100 |
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