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Based around the new CHARISMA ENGINE the RADEON 7500 fully supports Transformation, Clipping and Lighting (Hardware T&L) and can perform 45 million triangles a second at peak processing capability. For high end gaming and graphics artists this card performs about the same as a Ge-Force 2 Ultra and can perform high resolution 32 bit 3D gaming at resolutions of up to 2048x1536.
ATI's PIXEL TAPESTRY, the RADEON 7500 rendering engine, puts out a pretty impressive 1.74 gigatexels a second for achieving the maximum fill rates possible in true 32 bit color at even the highest resolutions. Because of the power capabilities of the RADEON 7500 the card works well at high resolutions without a noticeable decline in the PCs overall performance.
This is a great feature for lower end CPU based systems that cannot compensate the performance of the RADEON,s onboard GPU and would otherwise suffer a performance hit if CPU speed was a critical factor in the cards performance. Moving a great deal of the 3D calculations onto the video card was a great idea and almost levels the field of 3D performance on any 4X AGP capable motherboard regardless of CPU speed or platform.
Featuring 64MB of DDR memory, dual monitor plus DVI-I and video output support makes the 7500 an eye catcher for people who want to take advantage of the use of two monitors simultaneously or the clarity of Digital flat panel monitors such as web developers and graphic artists. ATI has their own unique software called HYDRAVISION that provides a very flexible and user-friendly interface for multiple display settings and desktop environments. The 7500 operates at a 290MHz core frequency and a 230MHz DDR memory frequency which can only be overclocked to a mere 260MHz.
Open GL and Direct 3D are both supported and the 7500 can handle any game currently on the market. I have read that many people thought the card did not perform as well in games as the 3Dmark 2001 scores show and I disagree completely, from what my experiences has been while playing both the Quake/Lithtech engine games and the Direct 3D games such as Rogue Spear quality was impressive and clear. Anti-Aliasing helps take out the jagged edges of 3d rendered objects such as vehicles and buildings and improves the overall pictures clarity. Anyone who follows hardware trends knows that ATI has the best hardware DVD support on their video cards, motion compensation and iDCT allows for DVD decoding with a minimum of CPU usage making for clear high quality DVD playback that rivals stand alone machines. The one drawback though is the TV out feature, which leaves a black circle around the TV screen when used in full screen mode that is quite annoying. Overall though it has enough of what it takes to be a winner of a card. To see how well the card performed in our tests read on and check out the performance section of this review. Features
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