> The DRI website contains a few other inaccuracies about ATI's
> Radeon video hardware. Nothing mission critical, but it is
> incorrect:
>
> http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/radeon_naming.html
>
> Radeon VE a.k.a Radeon 7000, is not R100, it is RV100.
So what does this mean for users of DRI?
> Another thing missing is the original "Radeon LE", which was made
> by a third party in the Asian region. This card is claimed to
> have no TCL unit, however it is a Radeon QD and is identical to
> any other Radeon R100 cards (which are also QD), and does in fact
> have a TCL unit. I believe the BIOS and/or Windows drivers for
> this card simply disable the TCL unit, but since the chip is a
> QD, like all other QD boards, it has a TCL unit.
It's not missing:
* Radeon DDR / LE
Hidden right in front of you.
> The only
> difference I know of between this board, and the real "Radeon
> 7200" aka "Radeon 64 DDR", is the type and speed of the memory,
> and that the TCL unit is somehow disabled via software.
7200 is SDR.
> * Radeon 8700 (FireGL)
>
> It's really called "FireGL 8700" and "FireGL 8800", and both are
> as stated on the page Radeon R200 based chips, but neither was
> ever marketed as "Radeon 8700" or "Radeon 8800", so that will
> just confuse anyone reading it. It is more correct to list this
> card the way that ATI names it, under it's FireGL name.
Done.
> At the bottom of the page:
>
> * 7X00 denotes a R100 based card.
>
> Should be removed, as Radeon 7000, is RV100, not R100.
We are in disagreement about the relevance of the V.
> Also, ATI just released 3 new cards this week, none of which are
> supported in X yet, but which are likely incredibly easy to add
> support for once the PCI IDs are known. The Radeon 9200 Pro,
> Radeon 9600 Pro, and Radeon 9800 Pro
Also non-Pro versions of these cards.
> Radeon 9200 Pro == RV280
Only problem is that we're beginning to embrace ATI's marchitecture,
eg a RV280 is a RV250 on a card with AGP 8x.
What is the point of this card? From what spec's I can gather it's going
to be smacked around by the recently renamed R9100, so much for numbering
schemes.
> Radeon 9600 Pro == R300
RV350
> Radeon 9800 Pro == R300
R350
> Just thought I'd post this to help improve the accuracy and
> completeness of that Radeon page.
It is certainly becoming accurately and completely confusing.
Someone over at ATI is playing silly buggers with a once understandable
numbering scheme.
I think their product line is becoming too large in an attempt to
achieve greater market segmentation.
I'm trying to strike a balance between keeping it simple and providing all
pertinent information.
Liam
it depends
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