x-bit labs has put up a review on the ATI RADEON LE graphics card.
RADEON LE is actually a common RADEON DDR 32MB, featuring a bit lower frequencies and disabled Hyper Z technology. If it weren´t for these two points, the performance of this new card wouldn´t be so much lower than that of a common RADEON DDR 32MB.Read more
The mysterious thing about RADEON LE is that ATI has disavowed any connection with the launching of these graphics cards. In fact, this story doesn´t seem to be entirely true. We dare surmise that RADEON LE stands for a batch of graphics cards that failed to be sold to some huge OEM companies. Perhaps, these cards with low core and memory frequencies were originally manufactured for some OEMs, but eventually they were not called for. To get rid of the "non-standard" cards, ATI decided to entrust them to one of its partners, so that they were finally sold at a lower price. At the same time, to prevent any rivalry with more expensive ATI RADEON DDR, the drivers of RADEON LE cards were deprived of Hyper Z - one of brand features of RADEON-based graphics cards.
