ATI earlier have not to re-name budget graphical solutions for their best positioning and achievements of new come effect (as example they can serve the change of names in the family Of radeon x1650), but after passage under AMD they had to refresh the assortment of inexpensive video card with the support Of directX 9.0, demand for which rises in proportion to approximation anoncement Of Windows vista.we have recently described One specialized product of this plan - this is Radeon x1050 based on the chip RV370.
Meanwhile as reports associate, AMD is not going to stop on the achievement, and during January 2007 it expects to abolish family video card radeon x1300, after presenting to them in the replacement products of series radeon x1550. Video card radeon x1300 pro, based on the chips RV515 and RV516 pro, and working at frequencies 600/800 MHz, they will be removed from production.
We already said on the transpositions in the family radeon x1650:
- Radeon x1600 XT - > Radeon x1650 Of pro;
- Radeon x1600 pro - > Radeon x1300 XT.
Gradually these video card will turn to the use of 0.08 m video chip RV535 pro. For Radeon x1300 this passage (on RV516 and RV505 pro) is also provided, only there will be with the change of name by Radeon x1550 and increase in the frequencies with 400/500 MHz to 550/800 MHz. Both measures are called to help Radeon x1550 to compete with GeForce 7300 GS 256 mb. - price of the new card from AMD will be within limits of $65. On video card series radeon x1550 will be installed memory of type DDR-2. According to the representatives OF AMD, Radeon x1550 exceeds GeForce 7300 GS on the speed by 25%, and the special overclocked version increases this break to 45%.
Chip RV516 will be released on 0.08 m technical process at the power of TSMC, by the production of chip RV505 pro on 0.08 m technical process will be company UMC. As it communicates, new technical process will allow producers to accelerate core to 600 MHz without increase in voltage. more that, in long time ATI officially for the first time permits partners to overclock video card - for Radeon x1550 is provided the special version, which works at the frequency core 700 MHz. For similar video card is provided increase on the core volatge and intensive cooling system, and here price will be increased insignificantly - by $5 :-).
In order to effectively get rid of the reserves Of video card radeon x1300 on the base of 0.09 m chips, AMD is going to permit producers video card to stitch through new BIOS, which changes identification data in such way that video card is converted into Radeon x1550. However, products on the base of RV515LE can be altered only into the 64- bit versions radeon x1550, for which will be preserved previous frequency core 400 MHz. As this usually is, not all Radeon x1550 will prove to be equally useful…