Product Features and Technical Details
Product Features
- 128 MB DDR memory accelerates the latest 3-D games
- 256-bit memory interface removes hardware performance bottleneck and provides end users with faster 3-D graphics
- 8-pixel pipeline architecture provides twice the rendering power of any currently competing product
- Supports the new AGP 8X standard, providing a high-speed link between the graphics board and the rest of the PC
- Compatible with Windows 2000, Me, and XP
Product Details
- Item Weight: 2 pounds
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
Product Description
November 2002. Best image quality in a graphics card to date and best card for PC gaming.
Through a combination of incredible 3-D rendering performance, sophisticated real-time visual effects, unsurpassed image quality, and cutting-edge video features, the Radeon 9700 Pro takes the PC entertainment experience to a totally new level.
Featuring fast 3-D gaming performance with next-generation VPU architecture, complete DirectX 9.0 support for unprecedented realism and sophisticated visual effects, and ATI's Smoothvision 2.0 technology, the Radeon 9700 Pro provides breathtaking image quality.
The Radeon 9700 Pro's 128 MB of DDR memory accelerates the latest 3-D games, while its 256-bit memory interface removes hardware performance bottlenecks and provides end users with faster 3-D graphics. The Radeon 9700 Pro also has the industry's first 8-pixel pipeline architecture, providing twice the rendering power of any currently competing product.
Featuring a revolutionary Quad-pipe architecture, RADEON 9000 PRO provides best-of-class performance to accelerate all popular 3D applications. Four parallel, highly optimized rendering pipelines, typically available only for the high-end gaming cards, significantly enhance performance and game-play responsiveness when compared to the standard 2-pipeline architectures found in most mid-range products.
| Processor |
| GPU Clock Speed: |
325 MHz |
| RAMDAC Speed: |
400 MHz |
| Key Features |
| Graphic Processor: |
ATI RADEON 9700 pro |
| Installed Memory / Technology: |
128 MB (DDR SDRAM) |
| Card Interface: |
AGP 8x |
| Compatibility: |
PC |
| Memory |
| Installed Memory: |
128 MB |
| Memory Tech: |
DDR SDRAM |
| Memory Data Width: |
256-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth: |
19.8 GB/sec |
| Technical Features |
| Form Factor: |
Plug-in card |
| Analog Video Standards: |
RGB |
| Max. Screen Resolution: |
2048 x 1536 |
| Refresh Rate at Max Res: |
60 Hz @ 2048 x 1536 |
| Pipeline Engines: |
8 Pipeline Engines |
| Input / Output |
| Display Interface: |
VGA - 15 pin D-Sub x 1 · DVI x 1 |
| Output Interface: |
S-Video · TV Out · YPbPr Connection for HDTV |
| System Requirements |
| Operating System: |
Microsoft Windows 2000 · Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.XP |
| Miscellaneous |
| Package Type: |
Retail |
| Release Date: |
19 August, 2002 |
| More Information |
| Details: |
ATI revolutionizes the world of graphics technology with the RADEON 9700 PRO Visual Processing Unit (VPU). Combining the fastest 3D graphics performance, sophisticated real-time visual effects, unsurpassed image quality and cutting-edge video features, RADEON 9700 PRO takes the PC entertainment experience to a totally new level.??With its new SMARTSHADER 2.0 technology, RADEON 9700 PRO supports DirectX 9.0 and the latest OpenGL functionality to give developers the freedom to create more complicated and realistic visual effects than ever before. RADEON 9700 PRO is the first graphics technology capable of processing 8 pixels simultaneously - twice as many compared to any existing product. This highly optimized design provides top 3D performance for both Direct3D and OpenGL games and applications. ??The high-bandwidth memory interface of the RADEON 9700 PRO, utilizing the latest HYPER Z III bandwidth-conserving technology, removes a key performance bottleneck and provides end users wi... |
Graphic Processor
The processor is like the central nervous system of the card. The processor interprets and executes commands related to the chip; Which processor you have essentially defines the card's capabilities.
Installed Memory
Memory is a very important attribute to consider when purchasing a graphics card. When your graphics card has more memory, it means it can hold more data. The more data it holds, the faster your computer will be able to show textured and 3-D images. Up to 64MB are consider lower-end cards, and 128MB and up are considered high end.
Interface
When upgrading your machine, choose the correct interface that will connect to your computer. Generally, older machines tend to have a PCI slot, and newer machines AGP. AGP has such high bandwidth that even used with lots of 3D graphics, it's hard to actually use it for all it is worth. However, as graphics continue to get more complicated, AGP will certainly come into more mainstream use.
Compatibility
The platform refers to the operating system of the computer you intend to use your graphics card with (e.g., Windows98 or OSX).
Memory Tech
Graphics cards come with various types of memory technology, or RAM. The type of RAM that is embedded on the card will have a significant effect on the card's performance. Briefly, there are descriptions of some types, below.
DDR
Double-Data Rate RAM essentially doubles the rate of standard SDRAM. Any DDR RAM will be quicker (and probably more expensive) than its non-DDR counterpart.
RDRAM
RDRAM basically doubles the output of SDRAM and also moves the data quicker. This is a high-end variant of RAM.
SDRAM
This is a high performance, faster variant on some other types of RAM. The S stands for "synchronous" because it uses a new technology to send spurts of data at specific intervals of time.
SGRAM
This is a graphics-specific type of memory used in high-end graphics cards. This type of memory sends data in blocks so that graphics appear less choppy when read.
Memory Data Width
The data width (similar to bit depth) determines the range of colors that can be displayed through the graphics card. The higher the data width, the more colorful the picture results will be.
Max. Screen Resolution
The resolution of the graphics card specifies the number of pixels (tiny points that collectively comprise an image) that the card can display on a screen. Higher resolution levels mean that the graphics card can display more pixels, and therefore crisper, more detailed images.
 
  
  
  
  
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