The New Champion of the Mainstream Gaming

Targeting the adrenaline addicted minds of the avid gamers with jaw-dropping performance, Sapphire delivers enthusiast-class features to the mainstream with the ATI RADEON™ X1950 PRO. The SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON™ X1950 PRO promises to awaken the senses and free the imagination from the shackles of PC hardware limitations while remaining affordable. The Sapphire family of products are synonymous with extreme performance and reliability. The Sapphire X1950 PRO makes for a welcome addition to the family with its robust hardware offerings such as: the industry acclaimed X1950 GPU, 256MB of GDDR3 of onboard memory, CrossFire support, DirectX and OpenGL acceleration along with enhanced support for the Windows Vista™ 3D environment. Experience the price vs. performance champion with the Sapphire X1950 PRO!

ATI RADEON™ X1950 PRO core
256MB GDDR3
Windows Vista™ 3D environment Support
DirectX 9.0 / OpenGL Support
CrossFire support
 
 
SAPPHIRE X1950 PRO
 
Features
  • 36 pixel shader processors
  • 8 vertex shader processors
  • Up to 256-bit 8 channel GDDR3 memory interface
  • Native PCI Express® x16 bus interface
  • Plug-and-play (native) CrossFire™
Shader Technology
  • Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware.
  • Shader Model 3.0 vertex and pixel shader support:
    • Full speed 32-bit floating point processing
    • High dynamic range rendering with floating point blending and anti-aliasing support
    • High performance dynamic branching and flow control
  • Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.0
Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering
  • 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes:
    • Sparse multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable sample patterns, and centroid sampling
    • New Adaptive Anti-Aliasing mode
    • Temporal Anti-Aliasing
  • Lossless Color Compression (up to 6:1) at all resolutions, up to and including widescreen HDTV
  • 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes:
    • Up to 128-tap texture filtering
    • Adaptive algorithm with performance and quality options
  • Improved rendering with higher subpixel precision and LOD computation levels
    • New rotational high quality rendering mode
3Dc+™ — Advanced Texture Compression
  • High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and luminance maps
  • Works with any single-channel or two-channel data format
Ring Bus Memory Controller
  • Programmable arbitration logic maximizes memory efficiency, software upgradeable
  • New fully associative texture, color, and Z cache design
  • Hierarchical Z-Buffer with Early Z Test
  • Lossless Z-Buffer Compression (up to 48:1)
  • Fast Z-Buffer Clear
  • Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering
  • Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, up to and including widescreen HDTV
Avivo™ Video and Display Engine
  • New advanced video capabilities, including high fidelity gamma, color correction and scaling
  • Dual independent display controllers that support true 30 bits per pixel throughout the display pipe
  • Full symmetry on both heads
  • Each display interface supports display resolutions beyond 2560x1600
  • Advanced DVI capabilities, including 10-bit, 16-bit HDR output
  • YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays
  • Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
  • MPEG1/2/4 decode and encode acceleration:
  • DXVA support
    • Hardware motion compensation, iDCT, DCT and color space conversion
  • All-format DTV/HDTV decoding
  • Adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing and frame rate conversion (temporal filtering)
CrossFire™
  • Multi-GPU technology

  • Four modes of operation:
    • Alternate frame rendering for maximum performance
    • Supertiling for optimal load-balancing
    • Scissoring for compatibility
    • Super AA for maximum image quality

  • Native CrossFire support simplifies setup by requiring no dedicated slave or master hardware
  • 24-bit CrossFire connection enables high resolutions and refresh rates
  • Supports the broadest range of platforms for both Intel and AMD
 
*Specifications are subject to change without notice and may vary depending upon product sku*

Disclaimer:
Product specifications subject to change without notice. Product bundle varies by countries, check local dealers for details.
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  • ATI RADEON™ X1950 PRO core (580MHz)
  • 256MB GDDR3 onboard memory (1400MHz)
  • Windows Vista™ 3D environment Support
  • 36 pixel shader processors
  • 256-bit Memory Bus
  • PCI Express x16 / CrossFire support
  • Pixel Shader Version 3.0
  • Video Acceleration of: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264
  • Dual DVI
  • Tv-Out
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    3 AWARDS 4


    Editors Choice

    Delivers oodles of performance at a low price .. an appealing upgrade .. If you play games, the Sapphire has a great deal to recommend it

    MicroMart 2007 Issue 957 Page 50


    Best Buy and 1st in Sub-£150 GFX cards

    Price Cut to the X1950 PRO, combined with better overall performance sees it retain this months top spot

    PC Advisor July 2007 p178


    2nd in sub £200 GFX Cards

    The Best bet for AGP users to get decent frame rates in all games

    PCW July 2007 p150


    Hexus Gaming Innovation award

    An interesting limited-run product based on sound engineering that offers decent DX9 performance

    Hexus.net


    Best Buy Award

    The best card you can give your old AGP system

    Computer Shopper Page 43 Issue 231

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