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The Radeon® X1950 PRO delivers high-definition entertainment with strikingly
fast gaming performance, industry-leading image quality and crystal clear digital
video.
With an exclusive set of image quality features and Avivo™ video and
display technology, the Radeon X1950 PRO will let you get the most out of your
gaming and entertainment experiences.
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
- System Requirements
- PCI Express™ based PC is required with one x16 lane graphics
slot available on the motherboard.
- Connection to the system power supply is required:
- 450-Watt power supply or greater, 30 Amps on 12 volt rail recommended
(assumes fully loaded system)
- For CrossFire™: 550 watt power supply or greater, 38 Amps on 12
volt rail
- 512MB of system memory
- Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
- DVD playback requires DVD drive and decoder software (not included)
- Please see ati.amd.com/crossfire for a list of recommended
ATI CrossFire™ certified
components
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To complete
the CrossFire™ platform, a second PCI Express® Radeon® X1950
PRO graphics card, a CrossFire™ Ready motherboard and two CrossFire
bridge interconnect cables are required
- Graphics Technology
- Radeon® X1950 PRO graphics processing unit
- Memory Configuration
- 256 MB GDDR3 memory
- 256-bit memory interface
- Operating Systems Support
- Windows® XP
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Windows® XP x64 Edition
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Windows® Media Center Edition 2005
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Windows® Vista premium ready
- Connectors
- Integrated dual-link DVI-I
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YPrPb component output (with adapter)
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VGA (with adapter)
- Warranty
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- Display Support
- DVI-I connectors for high-resolution digital displays
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Xilleon™ TV encoder for analog output
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YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays
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VGA mode support on all outputs
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Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh
rates (with CrossFire™ modes disabled)
- Display Modes
- Digital Displays (Connected by DVI)
- All Resolutions up to 2560x1600
- Analog Displays (Connected by VGA)
- All resolutions up to 2048x1536
- TV-out
- SDTV (analog): 480i | 525i
- HDTV (analog or digital): 480p | 720p | 1080i | Any custom resolution2
1 On PCs configured to Microsoft Windows Vista™ Premium system requirements, this product supports the Premium
Windows Aero™ User Experience within: Windows Vista Ultimate,Windows Vista
Home Premium, Windows Vista Business,Windows Vista Enterprise. Details at
windowsvista.com/getready
2 Some custom resolutions require user
configuration
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