ATI announces new 128 meg AIW 8500DV!!!

[StormRider]

ATI's new 128 meg (and faster) AIW 8500DV



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ATI upgrades ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 8500 DV
Posted 3/18/02 at 5:57 pm by Gavric

ATI didn?t forget its ALL-IN-WONDER series when switching its RADEON 8500 chip based videocard line to a 128 Mbyte video-memory use. The company has announced the start of production of the new ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 8500DV, which has 128 Mbyte DDR SDRAM.

Together with a doubled video-memory size, the new version of the ATI multimedia combine will have an increased frequency. While a regular 64 MB ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 8500DV has a 230-MHz core and a memory, working at 380 MHz frequency, the new ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 8500DV version with 128 MB will have a 275 MHz core and a 550 MHz memory.

That means, that finally, ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 8500DV frequencies will reach those of a regular RADEON 8500. The price of the new combine hasn?t been announced yet.

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[bjc112]

sweeet... prolly $$$$ though...🙂

 

[HardTech]

$20 says it's $449.99

 

[Techno]

I want it 🙂

 

[boran]

hmmh

how the hell will u fill 128 meg ???

I mean right nownothing exists that even uses it, and if it comes out there's a high chance all that ram wont help performance much either ...

I think it can only negatively influence the overclockability (more memory = more crosstalk, distortion or chips (altho I think the chip amount is the same ..)

 

[BD231]

Boran, the 128megs help's. A 128mb card clocked at 250/250 performs almost exactly on-par with a 64mb card clocked at 275/275.

 

[Pariah]

Overclocking an AIW is not a good idea. Could wreck some real havoc with the VIVO features. The increase in clock speed to the regular 8500 is the best news, the increased RAM should give the card slightly longer useability which is important for a card like this that won't be replaced as often as gaming cards.