ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X600 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
► remove from comparisonThe predecessor version of the ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility differs by its low clock speed and the worse Z-compression (was improved with 9700). In the beginning it was the fastest graphic card, which was available for notebooks, but nowadays it is part of the lower performance segment.
Beware of versions with 32 MB memory, in most cases they only have a 64 bit memory bus, which deterioriates the speed severely.
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro was a higher clocked version with 350 MHz core- and memory clock (compared with the 300 MHz in the standard version). Further only a version with 128 MB was allowed to get this name.
ATI Mobility Radeon X600
► remove from comparisonATI Mobility Radeon X600 is a lower middle graphic card for notebooks of the X000 series (also the 1000 series). Its performance is identical with the AGP chip Mobility Radeon 9700 (technically similar). The X700 is clearly better. X600 was replaced by the X1400.
Also a ATI Mobilty Radeon X600SE or X600 SE is inserted in some notebooks. This is a slower X600 with Hypermemory (only 32 MB own memory according to forum reports) and about 700 points in 3DMark 05.
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
► remove from comparisonATI Mobility Radeon 9700 is the AGP pendant of the ATI Mobility Radeon X600. In these days it was the fastest available graphic card for notebooks and started the time of gaming noteboks. Despite its name, technically it is not related to the desktop graphic card 9700 (Pro), but with the 9600. Compared with the Mobility Radeon 9600 it is only higher clocked. The performance is like with X1400.
The version with only 32 MB memory can have a 64 bit memory interface. Then it is clearly slower!
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 | ATI Mobility Radeon X600 | ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Codename | M10 | M24 | M11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 4 / 2 Pixel- / Vertexshader | 4 / 2 Pixel- / Vertexshader | 4 / 2 Pixel- / Vertexshader | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 300 MHz | 400 MHz | 450 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 300 MHz | 250 MHz | 275 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 128 / 64 Bit | 128 Bit | 128 / 64 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | DDR | DDR/DDR2 | DDR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 128 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 9, Shader 2.0 | DirectX 9, Shader 2.0 | DirectX 9, Shader 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 130 nm | 130 nm | 130 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | Powerplay 4.0, Hyper-Z II, SmartShader 2.0 | 110nm, PCIe, SMOOTHVISION 2.1, SMARTSHADER 2.0, POWERPLAY 5.0 und VPU RECOVER I | Smartshader 2.0, Smoothvision 2.1, Powerplay 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | medium sized | medium sized | medium sized | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 01.06.2004 | 01.06.2004 | 01.06.2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Information | 9600 Pro mit 350 / 350 MHz Taktraten und 128 MB Speicher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.ati.com | www.ati.com | www.ati.com |