''Dizanje iz mrtvih'' Radeona 8500

ATi je pre 6 meseci najavio svoje Radeon 9000 i 9000 Pro GPU-ove, koji su trebali da zamene Radeon 8500 LE kartice u low-end, dok su Radeon 9500/9500Pro/9700/9700Pro namenjeni mid i high-end tržištu. Pošto su se 9500/9500 Pro akceleratori pojavili 6 meseci kasnije, Radeon 8500/8500 LE karte su se i dalje prodavale, jer su imale performanse negde između 9000Pro i 9500 modela, i pristupačnu cenu. Pošto su ATi-jeva skladišta i dalje puna Radeon 8500 procesora, kompanija je odlučila da ih predstavi na tržištu kao Radeon 9100 GPU, dajući novo ime starom, ali i dalje konkurentnom, proizvodu. ATi-jev prodajni asortiman sada izgleda ovako :

RADEON 9000: 4 rendering pipelines with 1 TMU per each, 1 Vertex Shader
processor, DirectX 8.1 support, core-clock: 250MHz, memory clock: 400MHz.
Cena 60$.
RADEON 9000 PRO: 4 rendering pipelines with 1 TMU per each, 1 Vertex Shader
processor, DirectX 8.1 support, core-clock: 275MHz, memory clock: 550MHz.
Cena 80$.
RADEON 9100: 4 rendering pipelines with 2 TMU per each, 1 Vertex Shader
processor, 1 T&L unit; DirectX 8.1 support, core-clock: 250MHz, memory
clock: 500MHz. Cena nepoznata.
RADEON 9500 64MB: 4 rendering pipelines with 1 TMU per each, 4 Vertex Shader
processors, DirectX 9.0 support, core-clock: 275MHz, memory clock: 540MHz,
memory bus: 128 bit. Cena 150$.
RADEON 9500 128MB: 4 rendering pipelines with 1 TMU per each, 4 Vertex Shader
processors, DirectX 9.0 support, core-clock: 275MHz, memory clock: 540MHz,
memory bus: 256 bit. Cena 170$.
RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB: 8 rendering pipelines with 1 TMU per each, 4 Vertex
Shader processors, DirectX 9.0 support, core-clock: 275MHz, memory clock:
540MHz, memory bus: 128 bit. Cena 190$.
RADEON 9700: 8 rendering pipelines with 1 TMU per each, 4 Vertex Shader
processors, DirectX 9.0 support, core-clock: 275MHz, memory clock: 540MHz,
memory bus: 256 bit. Cena 260$.
RADEON 9700 PRO: 8 rendering pipelines with 1 TMU per each, 4 Vertex Shader
processors, DirectX 9.0 support, core-clock: 325MHz, memory clock: 620MHz,
memory bus: 256 bit. Cena 290$.

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