Gutspiller
01-06-2003, 11:22 AM
It has been about 5 months since the first round of "Built by ATi" RADEON 9700 Pro boards found their way onto store shelves. Immediately after the first set of benchmarks and image quality comparisons hit the web, it was clear that ATi had a winner on their hands. Performance was second to none, and image quality with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic filtering enabled was top notch. OEMs were itching to ship products "Powered by ATi's" latest flagship VPU. A few companies released cards that were virtually identical to the ATi built products. However, two companies, Gigabyte and Tyan, have since brought cards to the market that differ slightly from the reference design (at least in appearance). Tonight on HotHardware, we're going to take a look at Gigabyte's Maya II R9700 Pro and Tyan's Tachyon G9700 Pro. These two cards have generated quite a buzz in the hardware community...read on and find out why...
HotHardware.com (http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/gb_tyan_9700.shtml)
HotHardware.com (http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/gb_tyan_9700.shtml)