Reviews

Financial Times
“The combination of a fast processor and an 8xAGP (advanced graphics processor) ATI Radeon 9100 graphics system makes the Zen a snappy performer.”
March 2004

FiringSquad
“Overall the P4R800-V Deluxe and the Radeon 9100 IGP chipset that the motherboard is based on are both solid products. If you're in the market for an integrated solution, the choice is a no-brainer, as Intel's integrated graphics aren't in the same league as the graphics provided by ATI's Radeon 9100 IGP.”
March 2004

tbreak.com
“Overall, we are impressed with the ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe. For the money, it doesn't get any better than this. The 9100 IGP will be enough to satisfy the needs of a casual gamer. To date, the 9100 IGP is the only integrated Direct X 8.1 solution available. The ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe would also be a great choice for a low cost entertainment system,. We feel that it is only a matter of time before other motherboard manufactures start producing feature rich full form factor 9100 IGP motherboards.
March 2004

sudhian.com
“What to say about the P4R800V Deluxe. Being the only full ATX IGP9100 board available on the market, Asus has done well with the IGP9100 core logic. The board is quite a value at $125. The innovative “LAT” Ethernet controller is an interesting alternative to Intel’s CSA that should offer better throughput with GBe compared to PCI adaptors. Performance wise the P4R800V Deluxe is comparable with other IGP9100 based solutions. As a desktop main board, the P4R800V Deluxe would make a good basis for a system if you’re low on budget or interested in taking advantage of ATI’s Surroundview.“
March 2004

Motherboards.org
“There may be some that would question the lack of an AGP slot in this XPC. I am not one of them. The Radeon 9100 IGP chipset is the fastest, most feature-rich integrated graphics chipset available, bar none. In many cases, the integrated graphics is fully capable of playing virtually every game that I'm currently playing, just not necessarily at the highest resolutions or settings. For the casual gamer, this can't be beat.”
March 2004

Maxim Magazine
"This weapons-grade computer from Shuttle boasts 512 MB of RAM, an E-Home Wonder TV Tuner, and ATI's Radeon 9100 IGP graphics processor -- the world's fastest for fragging foes in splatterific detail. Game on!"
March 2004

OC Workbench
“ The Gigabyte 8TRS300M shows remarkable stability and good performance for such a low cost integrated card with good quality video. Based on the R9100IGP, it has changed the concept of integrated boards from a low end 2D desktop board to something that could be used not only for 2D but also for basic 3D games at a fraction of the costs as compared to the Intel 865G platforms or SiS 661 platforms.”
February 2004

www.Extremetech.com
" ...at 1024x768 it's actually faster than the GeForce FX 5200..."

" ....the Radeon 9100 IGP clearly puts the hurt on the other two graphics solutions."

" Turn the resolution up to 1024x768 and you really separate the men from the boys. All the games save FS 2004 really go to the dogs. The Radeon 9100 IGP, however, manages to hold onto playable frame rates in almost all the games and is sometimes 50% faster than the nForce2. We attribute this to the faster clock speed, better bandwidth efficiency, and the use of pixel shaders to improve the rendering efficiency in some games."
December 10, 2003

PC Advisor
"Good on-board graphics without having to plug in an add-in card."
October 2003

x86-Secret
"9/10"
October 2003

Digit-Life.
"The integrated graphics core helps it smash the i865G into pieces."
October 2003

Maximum PC's "Build the Perfect PC Issue', Fall 2003
"ATI's Radeon 9100 IGP is another excellent chipset. It supports all the latest technologies - dual channel DDR400, 800MHz FSB, AGP 8X, Hyper-Threading, and also boasts an integrated graphics core.....the 9100 IGP offers the best integrated graphics core of any chipset on the market. It's also the only chipset with integrated graphics to offer programmable pixel shader support (which you'll need if you want to see next generation games like Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 in all their glory.)"

UK Gamer
"The ability of a integrated graphics chipset to rival value graphics cards is something that dreams were made of. The Radeon 9100 IGP aims to make that dream a reality."

"The performance, value and functionality all married into a product that costs £75 is an outstanding achievement. If gaming is to succeed as a socially accepted, popular past time then the computing world needs more products like the Radeon 9100 IGP, something that brings gaming to more people at a lower price point."
September 2003

Beyond 3D
"When we look at the performance of the 865 integrated graphics in comparison to the 9100 IGP there isn't really any sensible comparison - at the highest resolution the 9100 IGP is actually 10 times faster than Intel's integrated graphics."
September 2003

PC World
"The 9100 IGP's programmability and its geometry acceleration are key features since they're required for many modern games."
Peter Glaskowski, September 2003

Maximum PC
"For integrated graphics, it's the best you can get today."

"ATI claims the prize for being the first vendor to offer pixel and vertex shaders within an integrated chipset."
September 2003

CPU Magazine
"3D performance is much more 'extreme' when compared to Intel's 'Extreme Graphics'. Morrowind not only looked better but also played snappier in comparison."
Alex Ross, August 2003

Hot Hardware
"This will be the platform to own if you're an entry-level gamer on a budget."

"The difference between Radeon 9100 and 865G in Unreal Tournament 2003 is playable performance versus unacceptable frame rates."

"[Unlike with Canterwood] compatibility wasn't an issue, even with ATI's pre-production board."
July, 2003

PC Magazine
"Only the ATI Radeon 9100 IGP system completed our game tests. The GeForce FX 5200 PC repeatedly crashed to the Windows desktop on the Serious Sam SE test, and the Intel 865G machine was unable to complete three of the eight tests-Comanche 4, IL-2 Sturmovik, and UT 2003."
June, 2003

Xbit Labs
"The indisputable trump of all ATI Technologies' graphics chips is 2D and video features. Obviously, Radeon 9100 IGP inherited every single capability supported by higher-end parts."

Today another chipset milestone was reached: ATI Radeon 9100 IGP that brings graphics programmability and DirectX 8.1 capabilities to the segment of low-cost personal computers was formally announced."
June, 2003

The Inquirer
"The Radeon 9100 IGP is faster than the NForce 2 IGP"
June, 2003

Tom's Hardware
"The first benchmarks show that the 9100IGP is quite respectable with regard to graphics performance: in all of the 3D benchmarks, the ATi chipset surpasses the integrated "Extreme Graphics 2" of the Intel 865G (Springdale)."
June, 2003

Extremetech
"The R9100 IGP may well redefine "good enough" 3D graphics, making them really good enough."

"From the performance data we initially saw, ATI could well change the face of integrated graphics"
June, 2003

Rage 3D
"The Radeon 9100 IGP raises the bar for the value/mainstream segment which is a good thing for the whole gaming community. ATI is allowing game developers to raise their minimum standards by providing pixel shader support to the integrated market segment. ATI it seems is committed to doing this for all market segments."
June, 2003

Sharky Extreme
"Nvidia's nForce series may have dented the barrier, but ATI Technologies Inc. says its new desktop Radeon 9100 IGP and notebook Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP are the first to shatter the wall between entry-level PCs with integrated chipsets and fast, up-to-date 3D game graphics."
June, 2003

Anandtech
"ATi's RS300 targeted for budget-PC systems is due out next week which is sure to give a good kick in the pants for budget PC video performance"
Kiran Venkatesh, June, 2003

CNET News
"Graphics-chip underdog ATI Technologies is betting the extra graphics performance built into its new chipset will help it win over more PC manufacturers."
John G. Spooner, June, 2003

CNET News
"ATI to juice up budget PCs"
David Becker, June, 2003

Beyond 3D
"RS300 is all about taking what a graphics company does best - produce good graphics parts - and combining that into a chipset."

"UT2003 are also showing fairly impressive frame rates, with the performance being quite playable even at 1024x768."

"From the quick performance numbers we took the integrated graphics performance seems to be quite capable of playing current titles at reasonably low resolutions even with pixel shaders enabled - certainly this will be a big step up from Intel's i845 or i865 gaming performance."
Dave Baumann, June, 2003