Model: Radeon 9000 PRO 128MB DDR (RV2A-C3)
High-Resolution & Performance 3D graphics Accelerator features a
revolutionary Quad-Pipe architecture and SMARTSHADER programmable effects
technology for the best performance and most realistic lightning of any
graphics cards in its class. Now you can truly enjoy the latest 3D
application and games with advanced Microsoft DirectX 8.1 shader support,
delivering real time animation capabilities and photo-realistic lightning
experience.
Features
Powered by the revolutionary RADEON 9000 PRO graphics processing unit
with 275Mhz core engine. (GPU).
Best of class 3D gaming with a four-pipeline architecture.
Utilize 128MB DDR memory to supports 500Mhz DDR memory clock
speeds.
Supports ATI TRUFORM, SMARTSHADER, SMOOTHVISION, and HYPER Z II
technologies.
Advanced video technology for smoother video stream and sharper image
quality.
The only GPU to support DirectX 8.1 and OpenGL 1.3 features.
Latest 3D games support the advanced features of RADEON 9000 PRO.
Display configuration supports CRT, DVI-I (2nd CRT via DVI converter) &
TV-Out (PAL/NTSC).
Dual display support with ATI HYDRAVISION.
Featuring ATI CATALYST -Industry-leading software suite for the best
enhancement and accelerate the ultimate visual experience.
Industry-leading hardware DVD video playback.
Supports 3D resolutions (32-bit color) up to 2048x1536.
AGP universal bus (for AGP 2X/4X systems).
Unsurpassed 3D gaming
Powered By the new Radeon 9000 PRO graphics processing unit featuring the
ATI CHARISMA ENGINE II with four parallel renderings to process up to 1.1
billion pixels per second.
Bring 3D game characters to life with a new level of realsim and cutting
edge character animation features never before seen on a PC, along with a 10
fold improvement in 3D details and performance.
Best Visual Effects
ATI SMARTSHADER technology takes advantage of the DirectX 8.1 features to
enable more complex and realistic texture and lighting effects.
Best performance for today and tomorrow demanding applications.
Full support and compliance with OpenGL 1.3 applications.
CHARISMA ENGINE II supports high performance 2nd generation hardware
Transformation, Clipping and Lighting (T&L) at 50 million triangles/second
peak processing capability.
PIXEL TAPESTRY II, the RADEON 9000 PRO 3D rendering engine, powers an
incredible 1.3 Gigatexels per second for the highest fill rates in 32-bit at
high resolutions.
SMOOTHVISION - advanced anisotropic filtering algorithm supports modes up
to 16x to delivers the sharpest, clearest textures without sacrificing frame
rates.
Support ATI TRUFORM accelerates N-Patches smoothes out curved surfaces
and improves lightning quality in 3D scenes.
Industry-leading video playback
ATI VIDEO IMMERSION II technology enables integration of industry-leading
digital video features, including advanced de-interlacing algorithms for
unprecedented video quality and integrated digital TV decode capability.
Includes programmable gamma for the overlay and Frame Rate Conversion
(Temporal Filtering).
Hardware DVD saves the expense of buying a separate MPEG-2/DVD decoder
card and motion compensation allows for DVD decoding with minimum CPU usage.
HDTV ready
DVI and TV/Video output support
Features 165MHz integrated TMDS transmitter to support DVI up to UXGA
(1600x1200) resolution.
Get all of the incredible 3D and DVD of RADEON 9000 PRO with the benefit
of flat panels - crisper images, significantly reduced eyestrain and space
savings.
Bundled Hydravision Multiple Monitor Management Software provides a
flexible, user-friendly interface for multiple display settings.
3D Features
TRUFORM, SMARTSHADER
DirectX 8.1 support & OpenGL 1.3
SMOOTHVISION
HYPER Z II, CHARISMA ENGINE II
PIXEL TAPESTRY II, VIDEO IMMERSION II
Dual Display Support
Integrated Transformation, Clipping, lighting. Twin Cache Architecture ,
SuperScalar Rendering.
Single-Pass Multi-texturing , True Color Rendering.
Triangle Setup Engine, Texture Cache
Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering
Line & Edge Anti-aliasing , Full-Screen Anti-aliasing
Texture Compositing, Texture Decompression, Specular Highlights,
Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping, Mip-Mapping, Z-buffering and
Double-buffering,
Emboss,Dot Product 3 & Environment bump mapping.
Spherical, Dual-Paraboloid and Cubic environment mapping.
Fog effects, texture lighting, video textures, reflections, shadows,
spotlights, LOD
biasing and texture morphing
System requirements
Pentium 4/Celeron/III, AMD K6/Athlon or compatible with AGP 2X/4X
universal slot
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive.
Minimum 250 watts power supply or above with 3.3V to AGP slot.
DVD playback requires DVD drive on PCs with an Intel Pentium III
processor (or
equivalent) and 64MB of system memory.
Monitor support
CRT Monitor: 15-pin VGA connector.
S-Video or composite connector.
DVI-I (flat panel display) connector.
Display support
Register compatible with VGA.
BIOS compatible with VESA for super VGA.
DDC1/2b/2b+ monitor support.
VESA Display Power Management Support.
Separate horizontal & vertical synchronization at TTL levels.
2D Display Modes and Refresh Rates*
