ATI's Mobility Radeon 9700 - What's in a name?
by Andrew Ku on February 3, 2004 12:50 AM EST- Posted in
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Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is the only other title where we hit a sub 10% margin in difference between the two ATI mobile GPUs. As we ramp up from 1024x768 to 1280x1024, the Mobility Radeon 9700 doubles its margin (7% to 14%). Both GPUs can handle this game very well, and we are still talking about reasonable frame rates for both GPUs even at 1600x1200. The fact that the Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro hits just under 50fps in 1280x1024 is telling of that.
Note that the Mobility Radeon 9700 handled performance degradation better here, similar to our Call of Duty benchmark scores. As the resolution was increased, the Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro dropped 17% in comparison to the Mobility Radeon 9700's 11% decline.
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alexruiz - Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - link
Andrew, did you run 3Dmark 2001SE? Do you have the score as reference?My guess: Checking the list, you can see that almost ALL the ODMs are included. The manufacturers who make machines for the biggest OEMs are included. 2 missing ones that I noticed are Mitac and Arima, and my guess of the unannounced ODM is ARIMA.... thus, the big OEM announcement will be..... you got the picture :)
W740K8-D? :P
Serp86 - Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - link
Or maybe begins with s, ends with y, and has 4 letters.Anyway, the 9700 looks pretty darn good
Durt - Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - link
What is the price difference between the two (9600 pro and 9700).PrinceGaz - Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - link
I wonder who the other BIG unannounced notebook manufacturer using it is... from a wild guess I'd bet the name begins with 'D' and has four letters :p