SAPPHIRE 9600 XT

Graphics

One Small Step for Your Wallet, One Giant Leap for PC

The terrestrial plane has never been touched by technology the likes which has arrived today. Effects afforded by the world's most complex VPU's in the ATi RADEON™ 9600 XT core, previously heralded as belonging to the celestial realm alone, now make their way to the hands of earthlings.

	128MB/256MB DDR high performance two-channel DDR memory interface accelerates the latest 3D applications
	Supports the AGP 8X and AGP 4x standard
	Full support for DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality
	New SMARTSHADER™ 2.0 technology allows users to experience complex, movie-quality effects in next-generation 3D games and applications
	SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 technology enhances image quality by removing jagged edges and bringing out fine texture detail, without compromising performance

SAPPHIRE 9600 XT

Features

4 parallel rendering pipelines
2 parallel geometry engines
128-bit DDR memory interface (64-bit on Radeon® 9600 SE)
AGP 8X support
SmartShader™ 2.0
- Programmable pixel and vertex shaders
- 16 textures per pass
- Pixel shaders up to 160 instructions with 128-bit floating point precision
- Vertex shaders up to 1024 instructions with flow control
- Multiple render target support
- Shadow volume rendering acceleration
- High precision 10-bit per channel frame buffer support
- Supports DirectX® 9.0 and the latest version of OpenGL®
SmoothVision™ 2.1
- 2x/4x/6x full scene anti-aliasing modes
  - Adaptive algorithm with programmable sample patterns
- 2x/4x/8x/16x anisotropic filtering modes
  - Adaptive algorithm with bi-linear (performance) and tri-linear (quality) options
HYPER Z™ III+
- Lossless Z-Buffer compression (up to 24:1)
- Fast Z-Buffer Clear
TruForm™ 2.0
- 2nd generation N-Patch higher order surface support
- Discrete and continuous tessellation levels per polygon
- Displacement mapping
VideoShader™
- Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video
- FullStream™ video de-blocking technology
- Noise removal filtering for captured video
MPEG-2 decoding with motion compensation, iDCT and color space conversion
All-format DTV/HDTV decoding
YPrPb component output*
Adaptive de-interlacing and frame rate conversion
Dual integrated display controllers
Dual integrated 10-bit per channel 400 MHz DACs
Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI 1.0 compliant)
Integrated TV Output support up to 1024x768 resolution
Optimized for Pentium® 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon™ 3Dnow!
PC 2002 compliant

*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.

	Product Spec
	128MB/256MB DDR high performance two-channel DDR memory interface accelerates the latest 3D applications Highly Optimized 128-bit 2D engine with support for new WindowsXP GDI extensions 3rd Generation Visual Processing Unit (VPU) comprised of 4 rendering pipelines and 2 geometry engines Fully compliant with PC 2002 requirements Supports the AGP 8X and AGP 4x standard Full support for DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality 128-bit floating-point color precision allows for a greater range of colors and brightness

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AWARDS

Tweak Town Best Value

If you’re looking for solid performance but don’t have a boatload of money to spend on your next video board, then you have definitely found your dream card. With good performance and a price that is about $30 less than other 9600XT boards available, you just can't go wrong.

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