Graphic Cards Contemporary Graphics Card Naming Guide

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Source : X-bitlabs

ATI Graphics Solutions

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* - These graphics cards are given only for comparison purposes. There are very few or none of them left in the market today.

** - This graphics card uses PCI-E/AGP Rialto bridge.

1 – RV380 chip is a modification of RV360 chip with PCI Express support.

2 – RV370 chip is a modification of RV360 chip with PCI Express support manufactured with 110nm technology (RV360 – 130nm).

3 – ATI decided not to release this graphics solution to the market.

4 – R430 chip is a modification of R423 chip manufactured with 110nm technology.

5 – Try to avoid suspiciously inexpensive “RADEON 9800 Pro†graphics cards! This is a cynical trick some of the vendors (even the world famous ones, not to mention the noname ones) use to sell the cut-down RADEON 9800 SE under a fake brand name!

6 – The frequencies can be lower than these. ATI doesn’t have any set recommendations here.

7 – The number in brackets is the overall size of the addressed frame-buffer, most of which is in the system memory.

8 – AGP is supported by adding the PCI-E/AGP bridge to the card.


NVIDIA Graphics Solutions

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* - These graphics cards are given only for comparison purposes. There are very few or none of them left in the market today.

1 – These graphics cards were introduced last February. However, they disappeared from the list of NVIDIA’s products and have never got into the market.

2 – This frequency is not strictly defined and depends on the manufacturer only.

3 – This graphics card doesn’t support SLI mode.

4 – This graphics card hasn’t been officially announced because the use of additional PCI-E/AGP bridge hasn’t been justified for a value graphics card. However, some vendors, such as MSI, for instance, are still offering this solution.

5 – The number in brackets is the overall size of the addressed frame-buffer, most of which is in the system memory.

6, 7 – These graphics cards are equipped with a PCI-E/AGP bridge.

8 – The chip on this graphics card features integrated AGP support.

9 – It is quite possible that all GeForce 6200 AGP graphics cards will feature only 64-bit memory access.

10 – Even though the graphics card has been officially announced, no specification details have been revealed except for the amount of supported onboard memory.

11 – NV41 is a modification of NV40 with cut-down number of “physical†pipelines. NV42 is a modification of NV41 manufactured with 110nm technology.

12 – The frequencies haven’t been strictly specified and are determined by the graphics card vendors.

13 – No AGP version of this graphics card is planned.

14 – The only difference between this graphics card and the old 6200 based on the cut-down NV43 chip modification is the SLI support. The recommended frequencies haven’t been specified.

15 – The only difference between this graphics card and the 6800 LE is the SLI support.
 
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