Amerikan Junkie 049

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 · 5 years ago

  

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       DATE: 04.24.01 
      TITLE: [- REVIEW: ATI RADEON 32 SDR -] 
       
       
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	The ATI Radeon is a BADASS card. Not only does it run great for a PCI  
video card, but it is highly configurable (*WINK*). It runs the CHARISMA ENGINE,  
and pixel tapestry (TM), which reduces the heat greatly (*WINK,WINK*). Upon  
installing the card I could already tell the difference between it and the 3d  
prophet (AGP). It was more crisp, and ran much smoother.  

	Now, for the fun stuff. Go d/l yourself the RadeonTweaker. It tweaks out 
all options for openGL, D3D, D3DII, etc. I have mine stable, over clocked @ 183. 
The ATI Radeon generally is set to run 166. It could be over clocked more, if you 
want to take the time to put a bigger heatsink on it. I just have my case open w/ a  
fan directly pointed at the card. I genrally run 40-70 fps (Frames Per Second), on 
openGL supported games. 

	This should tell you how well I dig the card. 

	OVERALL RANKING: GREAT BUY. Cheap, and runs good.