Radeon 32MB DDR LE question

[Jabster]

I read that the LE is a severly crippled version of the Radeon and I'm not sure if it is worth the price. Just a few questions to clear my mind.

1. What is the performance like?
2. Does it include tv-out?
3. How do I identify it? (how do I know that I'm getting the LE?)
4. Is it stable in Win98?

Any other comments welcome.

 

[Jabster]

One more thing, what features are missing?

 

[Boogak]

1. If you do the registry hack and overclock it, it performs the same as a regular Radeon DDR. If not, I think it performs as well as a GeForce2 MX, maybe better.
2. newegg.com sells both ones with tv-out and without
3. I believe the LE's don't have a fan on the heatsink.
4. Depends on who you ask. I bought one from newegg about a month ago and it kept crashing my computer, even after a full reinstall of Win98SE and trying about 6 different driver revisions. I finally gave up and returned it.

 

[Jabster]

Should I rather go for a Geforce 2 MX ? I know it is not as fast but stability and price is the main issue.

 

[DeathKnightMaF]

I have the Radeon LE and it is working perfectly fine for me. Better than my MX that I had. I have the card tweaked (HyperZ and other stuffage) and oc'd up to 166/166. Performs quite nicely on my system

 

[Jabster]

How do you get the HyperZ enabled? Does it have the charisma engine enabled?

 

[BeeVo]

There are a lot of tweaker programs out there that will enable hyper z or you can do it yourself in the registry. I have one and it outperforms my MX stock by a pretty large margin. I was nervous myself but I bit the bullet and bought one. It is running great and I like it a lot.

 

[JiffyLube]

I have a radeon LE in Windows 98SE. It runs 100% stable (don't know why it would be unstable. It's better to re-install Windows for a new Video Card anyway).

Go to www.rage3d.com to get the newest drivers/utilities. I use a program called 'Raid-On Tweaker' for overclocking and enabling Hyper-Z. I run my card at 175-183 MHz core/clock.

The Radeon LE does NOT have tv-out. I think there was one at one point but it completely disappeared without a trace!

The video quality is excellent: much better than any GeForce (ATI cards and Matrox cards have the best 2d). The Radeon LE also has better 3d quality than a GeForce. It's faster than a GF2MX, but slower than a GTS/Pro.

Oh yeah, I think the card you read that was 'severely crippled' was the Radeon-VE. It has 1 pipeline (instead of 2) and no TCL (ATI's Transform Clipping and Lighting).

Hope this helps!

 

[alluu]

The Radeon LE w/ TVO is currently available from Newegg. They just got it back in stock and mine should be here tomorrow. ($85 + 8 shipping). Great price for a card that kind of offers it all.

 

[ViperVin2]

RadeonTweaker is also another nice program to enable hyper-z, o/c, and has other features.

 

[ViperVin2]

RadeonTweaker is also another nice program to enable hyper-z, o/c, and has other features.