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Offline OrginTopic starter

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ATI Increases Its Lead - The New Radeon 9700, 9500 PRO and 9500
« on: October 25, 2002, 10:52:26 AM »
From Toms Hardware Guide:

After launching its 9700 PRO, ATI sends its smaller siblings into the battle of the market shares. The Radeon 9700, 9500 PRO and 9500 bridge the gap to the lower-priced of the 9000 series. Our tests show you what's behind all this.

See the review here

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Re: ATI Increases Its Lead - The New Radeon 9700, 9500 PRO a
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2002, 01:24:30 PM »
ATI rocks!
Now if only Matrox could releasa a Parhelia II and PowerVR a Kyro III, both with 300+ MHz clockspeed, then we could have lower prices on GFx boards...
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2002, 03:33:08 PM »
No it's the time to move on ati

because Nvidia isn't stand still :-D
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Re: ATI Increases Its Lead - The New Radeon 9700, 9500 PRO a
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2002, 05:39:44 PM »
There are also reviews on HardOCP (probably under another D.o.S attack, but it is the best review in my opinion) and AnandTech.

I will wait on the Sapphire 9500 Pro I think... Sapphire make the cards for ATI, but they also sell them for cheaper themselves now, so the 9500 Pro from them might cost around $150 or less, retail.
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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2002, 07:22:51 PM »
The 3DFX series line-up were my favorite till they got bought out.  I liked ATI next, but then nVidia was starting to release some killer cards.  Its nice to see ATi had chanse to put the GeForce lineup to shame!  :-D
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Re: ATI Increases Its Lead - The New Radeon 9700, 9500 PRO a
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2002, 09:52:25 PM »
Im still deciding on a wilcatvp or not

My last ATI experience wasnt pretty
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Re: ATI Increases Its Lead - The New Radeon 9700, 9500 PRO a
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2002, 12:17:45 AM »
One thing that's important to remember before you rush out to buy one of these bad boys is that not all these high-end cards are going to work on the AmigaOne (or the Pegasos for that matter).  The Radeon 9700 for example only supports AGPx4 and AGPx8, while both next-gen Amigas only handle AGPx2 (also AGPx1).

I'm thinking I'll probably get a Radeon 8500 - it's one of the best cards ATI made before the 9700.  Of course, it all depends on driver support...
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2002, 10:48:27 AM »
Who cares about the GFx card in the A1?
Even if one gets the hottest GFx card, there wouldn't be any games utilizing to max.
I belive that the smartest option would be to get a cheaper card and save the bucks for A1XE...
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2002, 07:40:42 PM »
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The Radeon 9700 for example only supports AGPx4 and AGPx8, while both next-gen Amigas only handle AGPx2 (also AGPx1).


Radeon 9500/9700 and PRO versions support AGP 1x/2X/4x/8x. Info at the link in the news item.

/Björn
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Lars told me this...
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2002, 06:16:04 AM »
Reggie: he says the Amiga one should use two agp slots and he things I'm the ATI Radeon mascot!
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