Video Card: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro Review :: Setup

Author: Doc Overclock · 08-30-2002 · Category: Hardware - Video Cards
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I used the latest Athlon CPU based system to hit this universe using the new 2600+ from AMD which is quite a fast chip and has the performance of about the P4 2.53GHz in most 3D test results.

The drivers were installed of the included CD and no new drivers are available online as of yet. The card had no problem installing or running the tests and software used in this review.

Test system

  • CPU: AMD Athlon 2600+
  • Motherboard: EPOX 8KTA3+
  • Memory: 512MB DDR 3200 OCZ CAS 2.0
  • Hard Drive: Maxtor ATA133 20GB 7200RPM
  • LAN: Intel 10/100 PRO

Drivers

  • ATI Catalyst 2.2
  • VIA 4in1
  • Nvidia 29.42 Reference
  • Direct-X Version 8.1
  • 3Dmark 2001 SE Patch 1

RADEON 8500 Settings

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