ATI Raedon VE=LE ??

[Guest]

Is the ATI Readon VE similar to the LE model ????
or is there a differece; or is the VE the mobile edition with only one pixel-pipeline?

Thanx
TuZ

 

[noko]

Yes there are differences. Appears that the LE graphic card is not manufactured by ATI just the Radeon chip is ATI's, running at 148mhz. If you notice, ATI site does not mention anything about the LE Radeon card. VE has Dual DAC (digital-to-analog converters),single 3 texture pipeline vice 2 on the LE. Plus the VE card is manufactured by ATI themselves.

 

[Kodiak]

from another thread and some pictures, one appears to miss the Rage Theatre chip, don't know if both of them do...

 

[noko]

The Rage Theater chip does the Video In and Video Out. Most 32mb Radeon cards OEM/Retail except the AIW do not process a Rage Theater chip. LE radeons don't either. Remember that the DVD decoding is done in the Radeon chip not the Rage Theater chip, so the DVD ability of the LE is just as good as any other Radeon.

 

[Kodiak]

hmmm... I was under the impression that Rage Theater had a lot to do with some of DVD effects... I'll have to check up on that one...

 

[Kodiak]

sorry, you were right

Details here for those who want them:
http://www.ati.com/na/pages/technology/hardware/rage_theater.html

 

[Guest]

The LE is missing it for sure, but I've looked at other pics of Retail DDR 32MB Radeons, and they are missing it too. I believe it is something only used by AIW, or video in video out boards..



-AMD's are not for the faint of heart... Intels? those are for newbies )-

 

[Guest]

Thank you guys ... now i know what i want ... the Raedon with 32 MB DDR Ram *thanx*