MODEL- 100-437807         VENDOR- A T I
    
FEATURES- Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB PCIe
       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.
       Superior graphics for high-definition gaming performance, image 
        quality and digital video.
       New "plug-and-play" CrossFire configuration, to quickly and easily 
        upgrade to professional-grade gaming performance.
       Remarkable, high-quality HD video playback with HDCP support.
       Displays over one billion colors in all digital images.
       Prepare your PC with a graphics card that beats Microsoft's stated 
        GPU requirements for a premium Windows Vista experience.
* 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).
   
  -- SPECIFICATIONs ------------------------------------
INTERFACE/BUS- PCI Express, native x16 lane
MEMORY       - 256MB GDDR3 memory, 128-bit 4-channel memory interface
               1.38GHz Memory Speed
CHIPSET      - ATI RADEON X1950 Pro
               575MHz Core Speed
               36 pixel shader processors 
               8 vertex shader processors 
CONNECTORs   - (1) 7-pin S-Video/Composite port
               (2) 24-pin DVI-I ports
DISPLAY MODES- Digital Displays (Connected by DVI) 
                - All Resolutions up to 2560x16003 
               Analog Displays (Connected by VGA)
                - All resolutions up to 2048x15363 
               TV-out 
                - SDTV (analog): 480i 525i 
                - HDTV (analog or digital): 480p 720p 1080i Any custom 
                    resolution.
O/S SUPPORT  - Windows XP/XP x64 Edition/Media Center Edition 2005/Vista
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 (Adapter 
                 Included).
               450-Watt power supply or greater recommended (assumes fully 
                 loaded system).
               512MB of system memory 
               Installation software requires CD-ROM drive 
               DVD playback requires DVD drive and decoder software (not 
                 included).
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