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07-08-2001, 07:41

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Sul sito italiano DinoxPC è stata pubblicata una preview della nuova serie di schede video ATi Radeon 2; la tabella sottostante riporta le principali caratteristiche tecniche dei chip RV200 e R200, i due prodotti della famiglia Radeon 2, confrontati a quelli di chip video dell'attuale generazione:
 
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<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="108">Chip
Grafico </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">GeForce
2 Pro </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">GeForce
3 </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">Radeon
64 MB </td>
<td bgColor="#99ccff" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">RV200 </td>
<td bgColor="#0099cc" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">R200 </td>
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<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="108">Frequenza
di core </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">200 MHz </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">200 MHz </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">183 MHz </td>
<td bgColor="#99ccff" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">230 MHz </td>
<td bgColor="#0099cc" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">250 MHz </td>
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<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="108">Supporto DirectX</td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">DX 7 </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">DX 8 </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">DX 7 </td>
<td bgColor="#99ccff" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">DX 7 </td>
<td bgColor="#0099cc" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">DX 8.1 </td>
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<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="108">Pixel
Fillrate </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">800 MPixel </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">800 MPixel </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">366 MPixel </td>
<td bgColor="#99ccff" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">460 MPixel </td>
<td bgColor="#0099cc" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">1000 MPixel </td>
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<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="108">Texel
Fillrate </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">1600 MTexel </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">1600 MTexel </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">1100 MTexel </td>
<td bgColor="#99ccff" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">1380 MTexel </td>
<td bgColor="#0099cc" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">3000 MTexel </td>
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<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="108">Unità di
Rendering/Pipeline </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">4/2 </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">4/2 </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">2/3 </td>
<td bgColor="#99ccff" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">2/3 </td>
<td bgColor="#0099cc" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">4/3 </td>
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<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="108">Memorie
</td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">DDR a 200
MHz </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">DDR a 230
MHz </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">DDR a 183
MHz </td>
<td bgColor="#99ccff" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">DDR a 183 MHz </td>
<td bgColor="#0099cc" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">DDR a 250 MHz </td>
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<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="108">Profondità
di bus </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">128-Bit </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">128-Bit </td>
<td style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">128-Bit </td>
<td bgColor="#99ccff" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">128-Bit </td>
<td bgColor="#0099cc" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">128-Bit </td>
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<td height="19" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="108">Banda passante </td>
<td height="19" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">6.4
GB/s </td>
<td height="19" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">7.4
GB/s </td>
<td height="19" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">5.8
GB/s </td>
<td bgColor="#99ccff" height="19" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="55">5.8 GB/s </td>
<td bgColor="#0099cc" height="19" style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" width="46">7.5 GB/s </td>
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Uno dei punti di forza di questa nuova serie di schede video è rappresentato dalla tecnologia Truforum, che permette di aumentare il realismo degli oggetti raffigurati in una scena 3D aumentandone grandemente il numero di poligoni utilizzati per disegnarli

Trovate l'intera preview on line a <a href=http://www.dinoxpc.com/tech-eye/Radeon-2/radeon_2-1.asp>questo indirizzo</a>; a <a href=http://www.hwupgrade.it/skvideo/ati_truform/index.html>questa pagina</a>, invece, è stata pubblicata su Hardware Upgrade un'analisi teorica della tecnologia Truforum.