Last weekend Japanese retail stores started selling graphics cards based on one of the recently announced ATI chips: RADEON 9000 Pro. In particular I would like to stress that they are offering Creative 3D Blaster 5 RX9000 Pro AGP 64MB DDR.

The above mentioned solution is based on a faster version of RADEON 9000 with the "Pro" suffix, is equipped with 64MB DDR memory and features a VGA, DVI and TV-Out. The memory installed on this graphics card is marked as Hyundai HY5DV641622AT-33 (3.3ns access time). The chip and memory frequencies are standard: 275MHz and 550MHz respectively. However, it is quite possible that Creative 3D Blaster 5 RX9000 Pro boasts very good overclocking potential, because it uses graphics memory intended for 300MHz working rate (600MHz DDR).

Creative 3D Blaster 5 RX9000 Pro AGP 64MB DDR sells in Japan for around $135.