Radeon 9800 Non-Pro?

elektrik

Does this exist?

I've found this listed on the following price list:
http://www.centralfield.com/index/price/vga.asp

It lists the clock speed as 350/298mhz, faster than the Radeon 9700 Pro, and a bit more expensive. If this is a real product, then does this perform better than the 9700 Pro, and does it have any important features like pipelines disabled?

SimGuy

The ATI Radeon 9800 was the first iteration of the R350 GPU, an optimized version of the Radeon 9700 GPU (R300).

The new Radeon 9800 DirectX 9 VPU (R350) supersedes the highly successful Radeon 9700 (R300). Technologically, the chip is an updated and optimized R300 core, with changes that go beyond a simple clock speed bump. The shader unit (SmartShader) has been supplemented with a so-called "F-Buffer," which theoretically allows shader code of infinite length. As a dig at NVIDIA for calling the FX a "DirectX 9+" part because of its extended programmability, ATi has named its R350 a "DirectX 9++" part. You've got to love that creativity.

Changes have also been made to "SmoothVision" (now 2.1) and HyperZ III (now III+ - you can't go wrong with pluses). Also, the clock speed was increased from 325/310 to 380/340. Neither the fabrication process nor the memory type have changed, however. Like the R300, the R350 will be manufactured on an 0.15 micron process and will use a 256Bit interface to connect to the DDR(-I) memory. Although all R350 chips are DDR-II ready, according to ATI, only the 9800 PRO model, due out later in H1/03, will use the newer memory. Like its predecessor, the R300 has eight pixel pipelines and four vertex shader units.

Yes, there was an ATI Radeon 9800 Non-Pro. It performed marginally better than the Radeon 9700 Pro, but not enough to substantiate the additional cost. The ATI Radeon 9800 Non-Pro was replaced by ATI's spring refresh product: The ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, offering both 128 MB DDR-1 & 256 MB DDR-II memory configurations.

Radeon Comparison:
ATI Radeon 9800 Non-Pro, 128 MB DDR
256-Bit Interface
8 Rendering Pipelines
2.6 Gigapixels/second Pixel Fillrate
325 MHz Core Speed
580 MHz Memory Speed

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, 128 MB DDR
256-Bit Interface
8 Rendering Pipelines
3.04 Gigapixels/second Pixel Fillrate
380 MHz Core Speed
680 MHz Memory Speed

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, 256 MB DDR
256-Bit Interface
8 Rendering Pipelines
3.04 Gigapixels/second Pixel Fillrate
380 MHz Core Speed
700 MHz Memory Speed

SimGuy

One little side note:

The ATI Radeon 9800 Non-Pro, 128 MB retail card can be purchased from the online store @ www.atitech.ca for $299 USD

DoM-aL

Newegg links:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?catalog=48&DEPA=1&submit=property&mfrcode=0&propertycode=&propertycodevalue=4884,3668