Bij AnandTech is, evenals bij Sharky Extreme, een preview verschenen over de ATi Mobility Radeon. In tegenstelling tot wat Sharky verteld zegt Anand dat de core de beschikking krijgt over twee pipelines die elk drie texels per clock kunnen verwerken. Verder heeft de Mobility Radeon ondersteuning voor 64 of 32 bit DDR of SDR geheugen. Om het stroomverbruik binnen de perken te houden heeft ATi besloten om geen charisma engine (o.a. nodig voor T&L) toe te voegen en is er een soort van Speedstep aanwezig om de clocksnelheid en voltages aan te passen.
Hoe de Radeon Mobility zal presteren vergeleken met de Geforce2 Go zal natuurlijk nog even afwachten zijn, maar volgens AnandTech luiden deze twee chips in ieder geval de inhaalslag van de laptop op de desktop PC op het gebied van 3D performance in .
There is no question that the Mobility Radeon is a step up from the current notebook solutions. Offering not only more power, but smarter use of the power, the Mobility Radeon will finally start bringing 3D to the notebook market. However, the question of whether the Mobility Radeon can take on NVIDIA's GeForce2 Go still stands.
Although we will not know which solution will rise to the top until we get some products in our hands for testing, both solutions seems as if they will provide similar performance. ATI claims that they offer "significantly lower" power consumption than the GeForce2 Go's 2.8 watts, however it is unclear whether this "significantly lower" number was generated while plugged in in "high" performance mode or while on battery power in "low" performance mode. Once again, only hands on tests will tell.
The only downside that the Mobility Radeon seems to have when compared to NVIDIA's GeForce2 Go is its lack of T&L support. As discussed above, T&L certainly would not hurt performance and could very well increase battery life to a small amount. Then again, the Mobility Radeon has iDCT, something that the GeForce2 Go does not have. This feature seems that it will increase battery life to at least some extent when performing DVD playback.