ASUS EAX1300PRO Preview
Released late last year was ATI's next generation GPU solution for gamers on a budget. The budget part, the X1300, came in three varieties -- X1300, X1300PRO, and X1300 Hyper Memory. All three of these graphical processors possess identical features to the X1600, X1800, and X1900 series; however, they utilize less pipes and lower clock speeds. Of course, the X1300 part is designed to compete against NVIDIA's recently released GeForce 7300GS and to replace the previous Radeon X300 edition. The specifications for the X1300PRO include a 600MHz core clock, 800MHz (400MHz x 2) memory clock, and 128-bit memory interface with 256MB of video memory. The X1300PRO also utilizes a 90 nanometer manufacturing process and four pixel pipelines. Meanwhile, the vanilla alternative runs with a 450MHz core clock and 500MHz effective memory clock, while the Hyper Memory variant provides a 450MHz core clock with 1000MHz effective memory frequency. If you will recall with the introduction of the X300 and its Hyper Memory abilities, it has the capabilities to address system memory for video use. ATI's Hyper Memory is similar to NVIDIA's Turbo Cache and XGI's eXtreme Cache. Onto the subject of Linux support for these various solutions, lately NVIDIA has offered support for their GeForce 7 parts on launch-date, while ATI has not yet offered any X1000 support to their Linux display drivers. Even though the X1300PRO cannot enjoy the benefits of 3D acceleration under Linux, or any of ATI's proprietary features, it is compatible with X.Org's VESA driver for 2D usage, and later on in this preview, we will share some exclusive details as to when penguin users will see software improvements from ATI Technologies. The X1300 RV515 part we have our hands on today is the EAX1300PRO from ASUS.
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