Any Radeon 7200 reviews ANYWHERE??

[bluemax]

I can't find a single one - everyone's after the big boys.
Considering this guy costs HALF of the Radeon 7500's price (same range as a GF2MX) it should easily trounce it for speed I would think.
So - where's the reviews??

 

[Hender]

The Radeon 7200 is the renamed Radeon 64 MB DDR--and there are PLENTY of reviews of that floating around.

 

[bluemax]

Not quite, Cap'n. The 7200 is the same chip, but with SDR. Possibly clocked a little higher too? Won't know for sure without a review.

 

[ThatDumbGuy]

I thought the 7200 uses SDRAM instead of DDR?

 

[Hender]

Yes, it's the SDRAM model, that was my bad, but it is *NOT* the same chip as the Radeon 8500, but rather the old Radeon chipset. Check out Anand's review of the Radeon 8500 where he presents a table of all the Radeon cards and what's on them, including the chipset and memory type. Anand's review

 

[WHipLAsh13]

They mention the 7200 in this Anandtech review
here

 

[bluemax]

There we go then. My eyes weren't looking for the 7200 back when I read the 8500 article.
There's an impressive difference between the 7500 and 7200! I should look for a deal on the 7500 instead... there's one in Canada for $190 + tax. Doesn't help much since I can really only afford ~$100 Canadian to put towards video.

This means a cheap MX, radeon LE, or 7200. Which would you suggest?

 

[Hender]

I would suggest a Radeon LE over all those, but that's my personal opinion. The Radeon LE can usually be clocked fairly high up to the retail Radeon clock and memory speeds (plus it has 64 MB of DDR RAM compared to the Radeon 7200's SDRAM). You should dig through Anand's reviews of the GeForce2 MX and the Radeon chips (actually, it's easiest with AnandTech to look at a recent video review where you can see all the chips side by side) and see how they perform on games you play. Remember, though, that ATI cards have better 2D quality and better DVD playback and quality while driver support and performance are not quite as good at nVidia parts. Good luck.