Card Comparison
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| Chip Name | ATI AIWRADEON | ATI AIW RADEON 7500 | ATI AIW RADEON 8500 DV | NVIDIA Personal Cinema |
| Core | - | RV200 | R200 | NV 11 (MX400) |
| Manuf. Process | 0.18 Micron | 0.15 Micron | 0.15 Micron | 0.18 Micron |
| Chipclock | 166 MHz | 260 MHz | 230 MHz | 200 MHz |
| Memoryclock | 333 MHz (DDR) | 360 MHz (DDR) | 380 MHz (DDR) | 166 MHz |
| Memory Type | SDRAM/SGRAM | SGRAM | SGRAM | SDRAM |
| Memory Bus | 128Bit DDR | 128Bit DDR | 128Bit DDR | 128Bit SD |
| Memory Size | 32 MB | 64 MB | 64 MB | 64 MB |
| RAMDAC (S) | 350 MHz | 2x 400 MHz | 2x 400 MHz | 1x 350 MHz 1x 150 (?)MHz |
| Businterface | AGP 1x/2x/4x | AGP 1x/2x/4x | AGP 1x/2x/4x | AGP 1x/2x/4x |
| T&L | 2nd. Generation | 2rd. Generation | 3rd. Generation | 2rd. Generation |
| DirectX Generation | DX7 | DX7 | DX8 | DX7 |
| Pixel Shader | No | No | Yes | No |
| Vertex Shader | No | No | Yes | No |
| Truform | No | No | Yes | No |
| Render Pipelines | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Texturen per Pipe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| TV-Tuner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Video In / Out | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TV-Out DualView | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IEEE 1394 Firewire | No | No | Yes | No |
| Remote Controll | No | Yes (RF) | Yes (RF) | Yes (IR) |
| Price | Pricegrabber | Official: $199 | PricegrabberOfficial: $399 | Pricegrabber |
We've already covered the hardware features of both the R200 and the RV200 chips in detail in previous articles. The RV200's video features are completely identical to those of the old RADEON ("Video Immersion"). The R200 (RADEON 8500) uses the extended "Video Immersion II".
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