Following on from the Radeon 9700 PRO review Beyond3D has posted a review of its 'low end' baby brother the Radeon 9000 PRO, being largely based from Radeon 8500's architecture. Here's a snip.
Max Payne has previously shown to receive a reasonably healthy boost in the lower resolutions from a card with strong onboard geometry processing. Here we can see that the 9000 PRO performing very closely to the 8500, indicating that it's T&L performance is still quite strong in comparison to 8500. This could indicate that 9000 PRO's Vertex Shader units are more powerful than 8500 or that 8500 was not able to run both its processors in parallel in all cases. ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Review and just in case you missed the Radeon 9700 Pro Review you can click here to check that one out.
Max Payne has previously shown to receive a reasonably healthy boost in the lower resolutions from a card with strong onboard geometry processing. Here we can see that the 9000 PRO performing very closely to the 8500, indicating that it's T&L performance is still quite strong in comparison to 8500. This could indicate that 9000 PRO's Vertex Shader units are more powerful than 8500 or that 8500 was not able to run both its processors in parallel in all cases. ATI Radeon 9000 PRO Review and just in case you missed the Radeon 9700 Pro Review you can click here to check that one out.
