Anandtech has reviewed ATI Radeon 9500 Pro card (which is yet to be launched). The tested card was not a final version but was rather 9500 chipset stuck on 9700 board; the results were not bad, but rather promising (you have to say this when its ATI nowadays...) which means more room for improvement on final versions. This "Card" will be targeted towards GeForce4 Ti 4200/GeForce 4 Ti 4400. Long term upgraders will be happy to know this one is DirectX 9 compatible.
Hit Read more for feature&spec list as well as Review link... Specs from ATI:
Fast 3D gaming performance
Complete Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 support
128MB of DDR memory
8-pixel pipeline architecture
128-bit memory interface
Video output support
Featuring CATALYST? - Industry-leading software suite
Graphics controller:
RADEON? 9500 PRO Visual Processing Unit (VPU)
275 MHz engine clock
Memory configuration:
128MB of double data rate SDRAM
540 MHz memory speed
For the full Radeon 9500 Pro review warp 2 ... www.anandtech.com. Here is what I felt... If you are gonna buy a card (of) which performance cannot be tested cause there is no app (read "DX9 driver") yet released. Then, how would I know whether its gonna perform on/above/below par to the competition/expectation? This becomes a classic case of "counting chickens before the egg hatch". I think ATI should release/provide a benchmark (a la "Chameleon mark") based on released Beta Direct X 9 (...wait I think it is leaked... well don't have it yet on my PC). If you all feel likewise then raise UR voice and let the Cat-Crew hear about it. Comments welcomed.
Hit Read more for feature&spec list as well as Review link... Specs from ATI:
Fast 3D gaming performance
Complete Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 support
128MB of DDR memory
8-pixel pipeline architecture
128-bit memory interface
Video output support
Featuring CATALYST? - Industry-leading software suite
Graphics controller:
RADEON? 9500 PRO Visual Processing Unit (VPU)
275 MHz engine clock
Memory configuration:
128MB of double data rate SDRAM
540 MHz memory speed
For the full Radeon 9500 Pro review warp 2 ... www.anandtech.com. Here is what I felt... If you are gonna buy a card (of) which performance cannot be tested cause there is no app (read "DX9 driver") yet released. Then, how would I know whether its gonna perform on/above/below par to the competition/expectation? This becomes a classic case of "counting chickens before the egg hatch". I think ATI should release/provide a benchmark (a la "Chameleon mark") based on released Beta Direct X 9 (...wait I think it is leaked... well don't have it yet on my PC). If you all feel likewise then raise UR voice and let the Cat-Crew hear about it. Comments welcomed.
