Unsurpassed
3D gaming
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Powered by the revolutionary RADEON™ 8500 GPU and
64MB of DDR memory for the fastest and most advanced
3D graphics on the market
- Features ATI's innovative TRUFORM™ technology
that makes the outlines of 3D characters and objects
look smoother and more natural than ever before
- High resolution 32-bit 3D gaming up to 2048x1536
- ATI's HYPER Z™ II technology conserves memory
bandwidth for improved performance in demanding applications
and boosts effective bandwidth by over 25%
- SMOOTHVISION™ anti-aliasing - the most advanced
anti-aliasing to eliminate distracting visual artifacts
for smoother looking images and without serious performance
compromise
Best
visual effects
- ATI's new SMARTSHADER™ technology takes advantage
of the DirectX® 8.1 features to enable more complex
and realistic texture and lighting effects
- The only graphics board to support DirectX® 8.1
- Best performance for today's and tomorrow's demanding
applications
- Full support and compliance with OpenGL® 1.3 applications
- CHARISMA ENGINE™ II supports full Transformation,
Clipping and Lighting (T&L) at 75 million triangles/second
peak processing capability
- PIXEL TAPESTRY™ II, the RADEON™ 8500 3D
rendering engine, powers an incredible 2.4 Gigatexels
per second for the highest fill rates in 32-bit at high
resolutions
Dual
monitor support
- Leading-edge HYDRAVISION™ technology supports
traditional CRT monitors, flat panel displays and TVs
- Multi-task with MultiDesk - play multi-monitor games,
or work in different applications on each monitor without
having to switch back-and-forth
- Assign 'Hot Key' shortcuts for the most used functions
- Vary settings from one application to the next, or
choose global settings that determine the behavior of
windows and dialog boxes for all applications in your
multi-monitor environment
- Learn more about HYDRAVISION™
Industry-leading
video playback
- ATI's 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
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HDTV ready
DVI
and TV/Video output support
- RADEON™ 8500 uses RAGE THEATER™ companion
chip for high quality video output
- Features 165MHz integrated TMDS transmitter to support
DVI up to UXGA (1600x1200) resolution
- Get all of the incredible 3D and DVD of RADEON™
8500 with the benefit of flat panels - crisper images,
significantly reduced eyestrain and space savings
- Use video-out to connect your PC to TV or VCR
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