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ATI Radeon 9100 IGP “RS300” Pentium 4 Chipset Review

Author: Cameron Wilmot SUMMARY: Today we've got ATI's very first mainstream desktop Intel Pentium 4 based chipset on the test bed to go under the grinder in the form of the FIC P4M-RS300 motherboard. The ATI Radeon 9100 IGP is designed to compete against Intel's Springdale chipset. Read on and find out just how well it does!
Editor: TweakTown Staff
Category: CPU & Chipset
Published: 1st December 2003
Manufacturer: FIC
Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10

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Specifications

CPU Interface

Up to 800 MHz CPU FSB for Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor
Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading™ processors
In-Order Queue (IOQ) depth of 12
Supports Dynamic Bus Inversion (DBI)
Supports system bus interrupt delivery


System Logic Features

Integrated master clock generator with spread spectrum support
AGP 3.0 compliant AGP 8X interface with Fast Write support
266MB/second point-to-point interface to ATI IXP in A-Link mode
Unified Memory Architecture (UMA)
Dual channel 128-bit DDR SDRAM memory interface
DDR400 SDRAM support provides up to 6.4 GB/second bandwidth
Up to 4 GB DRAM support with two unbuffered DIMMs
16 MB to 128 MB of main memory configurable as display memory
Up to 6 USB2.0 ports
Two independent IDE channels with support of mode 0 to 4, and ATA 100
Supports LPC based Super I/O
Integrated 3-COM™ Ethernet controller


3D Graphics Features

HyperZ™ memory optimization technology
Hardware with Pixel Shader 1.4 support
Supports up to 2048x1536 @ 32bpp
Supports 3D textures and Microsoft® DirectX® texture compression
Anisotropic texture filtering and Full Screen Anti-Aliasing (FSAA)


Video Features

Video scaling and filtering with advanced 4-tap horizontal and vertical filter
Integrated hardware motion compensation and iDCT
Enhanced MPEG-2 hardware decode
Hardware DVD sub-picture decode


2D Graphics Features

Highly optimized 128-bit 2D Engine
Hardware cursor up to 64x64x32 BPP
Supports a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 @ 32bpp
Support for Microsoft® Windows® XP alpha cursor


Display Controller

Dual CRT controllers provide independent dual display support
Display rotation support
Comprehensive DDC and hot plugging support
Integrated high precision 300MHz triple 10-bit DAC supports resolutions up to 2048 x 1536


Flat Panel Monitor Support

12-bit digital output to support DVI, DFP and VESA P&D via external TMDS
Supports up to 1600x1200 screen resolution for LCD panels
Support for VESA defined reduced blanking modes


TV-Out Support

Integrated TV encoder with composite, S-Video, and RGB interfaces
Supports PAL/NTSC TV formats
10-bit DAC with 8-tap filter and ATI-exclusive enhancements
Macrovision 7.02 copy protection standard
Supports up to 1024x768 32bpp mode


Optimized Software Support

Microsoft DirectX 8.1 and OpenGL® drivers
Unified driver support for all RADEON discrete and integrated graphics products
Support for Microsoft Windows® XP, Windows® 2000, and Windows® Me







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