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ATI Radeon 9700

Graphics Processor
R300
Pixel Shaders
8
Vertex Shaders
4
TMUs
8
ROPs
8
Memory Size
128 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Bus Width
256 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon 9700 was a graphics card by ATI, launched on August 19th, 2002. Built on the 150 nm process, and based on the R300 graphics processor, in its R300 9700 variant, the card supports DirectX 9.0. Since Radeon 9700 does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The R300 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 215 mm² and 110 million transistors. It features 8 pixel shaders and 4 vertex shaders, 8 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). ATI has paired 128 MB DDR memory with the Radeon 9700, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 275 MHz, memory is running at 270 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the ATI Radeon 9700 draws power from Floppy power connector, with power draw rated at 37 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. Radeon 9700 is connected to the rest of the system using an AGP 8x interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
R300
GPU Variant
R300 9700
(215R8CBKA13F)
Architecture
R300
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
150 nm
Transistors
110 million
Density
511.6K / mm²
Die Size
215 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Aug 19th, 2002
Generation
Radeon R300
(9700)
Predecessor
Radeon R200
Successor
Radeon R400 AGP
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
AGP 8x
Reviews
1 in our database

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
275 MHz
Memory Clock
270 MHz
540 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
128 MB
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Bus
256 bit
Bandwidth
17.28 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
8
Vertex Shaders
4
TMUs
8
ROPs
8

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
2.200 GPixel/s
Vertex Rate
275.0 MVertices/s
Texture Rate
2.200 GTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
TDP
37 W
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
Floppy
Board Number
942

Graphics Features

DirectX
9.0 (9_0)
OpenGL
2.0
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Pixel Shader
2.0
Vertex Shader
2.0

R300 GPU Notes

Codename: Khan
Graphics/Compute: GFX2
Smart Shader 2.0
Smooth Vision 2.0
TruForm 2.0
Hyper Z III+
Video Shader
Video Immersion II
Programmable pixel&vertex pipelines

Latest Drivers:
Windows 98 / Me / 2000:
Catalyst Software Suite 6.2

Windows XP / Vista:
Catalyst Software Suite 10.2
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