ATI - Radeon 7500

HyperZ Technology - ATI's Radeon 7500 chip takes an intelligent approach to the memory bandwidth limitation issue. Innovative HYPERZ™ technology improves memory bandwidth efficiency without the added cost of exotic embedded or proprietary memory technologies. By attacking this key bottleneck, the Radeon 7500 can reach new heights in 3D performance. The speed and type of memory accompanying a graphics chip places upper bounds on the fill rate it can achieve. With 230MHz DDR memory, the physical memory alone can transfer data at up to 7.4GB/sec. With HYPERZ technology, the effective memory bandwidth is boosted by 20% and effectively transfers up to 8.8GB/sec.

Dual Display - Much like Matrox products the Radeon 7500 architecture includes technologies that allow for natural support of dual independent display. It contains two integrated RAMDAC (both of which are running at 350MHz), support for TV Output, and an integrated TMDS transmitter that allows for support of digital flat panel monitors.

The benefit to the flexible display engine of the Radeon 7500 is that it is capable of supporting many different combinations of CRT monitors, digital flat panel monitors, and television displays simultaneously. The graphic card includes the following connectors: 15-pin VGA, 24-pin DVI-I, and s-video. Furthermore, a DVI-I to VGA adapter is included to allow for the connection of a second CRT monitor through the DVI-I connector.

Dual display gaming is yet another key advantage for the Radeon 7500.

 

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