ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

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Key Metrics

Launch Date
2002-08-19
Stream Processors
8
Memory
128 MB DDR
Memory Bandwidth
19.8 GB/s
TDP/TBP
75 W
Interface
AGP 8x
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Why It Mattered

The Radeon 9700 Pro was the first GPU with a 256-bit memory bus and full DirectX 9 hardware support, displacing the GeForce4 Ti at launch and establishing ATI as a serious competitor for the first time in years.

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Sources

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsSpecification referenceOpen source

Photo sources

  1. Wikimedia Commons
    Photo: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro AGP board with added heatsinks (Front)Creator: BloodshedderCredit: Bloodshedder / Wikimedia CommonsTitle: ATI-Radeon-9700-ProLicense: Public domain, author dedicationSource claim: Commons credits Bloodshedder and states the author released this exact photograph into the public domain.Modified: Resized to 960 px maximum dimension and JPEG recompressed; no crop.Board identity: The photographed example is identified on its exact Commons file page.Configuration: The photographer added RAM and voltage-regulator heatsinks. The source identifies a Radeon 9700 Pro, but this image does not establish its memory capacity or clocks.Original file page