ATI 9100 IGP

[DancingBear]

Now that the Asus board is shipping, where are the reviews of this chipset? I am intrigued by this and the new Via chipset for P4. If pricing comes in low enough, it may make for some nice boards at good pricing.

 

[zeroidea]

I've wondered the same thing. Seems like a really good deal when you consider that the onboard graphics alone are on par with a $50 add-in card. I was considering one, instead of a new graphics card, but I'd like to keep using my LCD's DVI connection, and I bet most of the motherboards only have VGA connectors.

 

[jjyiz28]

juust a heads up. the 9100 IGP is not based on the ATI 9100 chipset. its based off the 9200, which if you know is just a 9000 with agp 8x support. think of it like a castrated version of the 8500/9100.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

From what I have read, adding a Radeon 9800 - or any dual head card - with RS300 boards will give you 3 headed gaming, like the Parhelia.

 

[mudboy]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
From what I have read, adding a Radeon 9800 - or any dual head card - with RS300 boards will give you 3 headed gaming, like the Parhelia.

Not quite. According to this:

And even if 3D performance isn't the RADEON 9100 IGP's most defining attribute, support for a third display will surely turn heads (remember Matrox?). Briefly, you can plug a discrete card into the platform's AGP 8x slot, enabling the first two outputs. A third display can then be attached to the 9100 IGP's integrated VGA connector for Parhelia-like operation in 2D and 3D modes.

Emphasis mine. This means that you can plug a special discrete card (certainly not a 9800) into the AGP slot and then another into the integrated VGA connector and have triple-head gaming. Parhelia-like, indeed, along with Parhelia-like (if that) performance from the integrated graphics.

Pete

 

[optimistic]

Originally posted by: jjyiz28
juust a heads up. the 9100 IGP is not based on the ATI 9100 chipset. its based off the 9200, which if you know is just a 9000 with agp 8x support. think of it like a castrated version of the 8500/9100.

Which would give you better performance. The video in nforce2's IGP or this?

btw mwave now has the ASUS P4R800-VM for $80.

 

[jjyiz28]

Originally posted by: optimistic

Originally posted by: jjyiz28
juust a heads up. the 9100 IGP is not based on the ATI 9100 chipset. its based off the 9200, which if you know is just a 9000 with agp 8x support. think of it like a castrated version of the 8500/9100.

Which would give you better performance. The video in nforce2's IGP or this?

btw mwave now has the ASUS P4R800-VM for $80.

ati 9000(9100IGP) vs gf4mx 440(NF2). i'd say very very slight favorite to ati9000.

 

[Peter]

"Discrete" is just the opposite of "integrated", if you ask a tech. So yes, in theory the IGP9100 can coexist with an AGP card ... in practice, this doesn't seem to be working just yet.

 

[Jhhnn]

I don't have any experience with these quite yet, but they look to be a good mainstream/light gaming/better graphics business solution for folks who want intel processors. Otherwise, the NF2 boards and Athlon XP's are an all-around better deal...

Matrox pretty much has a lock on the specialized high end business users who want multi-display capabilities- they trust Matrox, and won't even blink at the pricetag...