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ATI RADEON 9100 IGP Integrated Chipset Review (page 7)

Category: Chipsets

by Ilya Gavrichenkov

[ 12/01/2003 | 11:02 PM ]

The next round of tests is connected with the performance of the integrated graphics core of the RADEON 9100 IGP.

The ATI RADEON 9100 IGP shows its best in the 3DMark2001 SE test set. The i865G tries to look competitive in the first two tests and only in 640x480 resolution, thanks to the higher clock-rate of its graphics core. In higher resolutions the RADEON 9100 IGP shows much higher results as it uses the memory bus more efficiently. The third gaming test, Lobby, uses vertex shaders, which are much better implemented in the RADEON 9100 IGP than in the i865G. That’s why ATI’s chipset wins in all resolutions in this test, including the lower ones. As for the Nature test, it requires DirectX 8 support from the graphics core, which the i865G cannot provide. So, this test simply doesn’t run on Intel integrated chipset.