ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X600 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
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 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 9800
► remove from comparisonATI Mobility Radeon 9800 is a slim X800 for AGP with energy saving functions and needs a lot of current. Therefore the performance of this card is correspondingly well, but it was rarely used (in a Dell 17" notebook). Nowadays (2008) the performance can be compared to middle class graphics cards.
The videoShader HD technology offers MPEG 1/2/4 decoding acceleration.
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 | ATI Mobility Radeon X600 | ATI Mobility Radeon 9800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mobility Radeon 9x00 Series |
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Codename | M11 | M24 | M18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 4 / 2 Pixel- / Vertexshader | 4 / 2 Pixel- / Vertexshader | 8 / 4 Pixel- / Vertexshader | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 450 MHz | 400 MHz | 350 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 275 MHz | 250 MHz | 300 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 128 / 64 Bit | 128 Bit | 256 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | DDR | DDR/DDR2 | DDR2 / DDR3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 256 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 | Smartshader 2.0, Smoothvision 2.1, Powerplay 4.0 | 110nm, PCIe, SMOOTHVISION 2.1, SMARTSHADER 2.0, POWERPLAY 5.0 und VPU RECOVER I | 130nm low-k, Powerplay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notebook Size | medium sized | medium sized | large | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 01.06.2004 | 01.06.2004 | 01.07.2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.ati.com | www.ati.com | www.ati.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 110 Million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Information | 110 Mio Transistoren, 130nm |