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In The Box:
- Radeon 9700 Pro Graphics Card
- Manual
- Driver CD
- Installation Instructions
- S-Video Adapter
- S-Video Cable
- Composite Video Cable
- DVI-VGA Adapter
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small the card is. It's almost dwarfed by the mammoth size of the GeForce4.
Needless to say, that is a good thing. It's a very slick-looking card as well,
which can probably be attributed to the shiny, Ferrari-red PCB. I'm sure you've
noticed the power cable attached to the corner of the card. This is needed due
to the fact that the 9700's power requirement exceeds that of AGP standards.
So what did ATI do? They added a molex connector to the 9700. Pretty simple
solution eh? (And don't worry, if you forget to plug into the power supply,
the 9700 won't destroy itself. You'll simply be greeted by a nice reminder when
you turn your system on.) Included on the driver disc are ATI's Multimedia Center
and DVD player, documentation, as well as version 2.2 of ATI's Catalyst drivers.
I was somewhat disappointed that ATI didn't include any kind of game bundle
or graphical demos.
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The massive heatsink seems to do an excellent job keeping
the 9700 cool, and is relatively quiet in comparison to some GeForce4 cards.
(Bigger Fan + Lower RPM = Less Noise.) |
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Installation:
The small size of the 9700 makes installation a breeze, and the long
power cable guarantees that you'll be able to find a free connection in
your case. After inserting the card and powering up my system, I ran the
Catalyst installation program I had downloaded from ATI's website. If
you're not familiar with Catalyst, it's the name given to ATI's new "driver
suite;" essentially a driver meant to add support for the entire
Radeon line. (Here we see ATI taking a page from Nvidia's book.) Before
Catalyst, ATI drivers had to be installed the old fashioned way. With
Catalyst however, setup is as simple as a double click. Version 2.3 has
been incredibly stable thus far, producing NO video errors or DirectX
problems. If ATI can continue to update and improve their drivers, (as
they have for the past few months,) they may surpass the Detonators in
terms of reliability and performance.
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