Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB DDR2

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Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB DDR2

 
The RADEON 9800 technology is available in 3 products configurations built by ATI: RADEON 9800 XT, RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB and RADEON 9800 128MB.

Now ATI has stop producing The RADEON 9800 PRO 256 MB DDR 2 and presently produce The RADEON 9800 XT instead. Thwew is nothing wrong with The RADEON 9800 PRO 256 MB the reason is because the DDR 2 memory is expensive and since The RADEON XT has 256 MB of DDR1 combine with a faster clock speed it does acheive a similar performance so if at your store they are out of stock of The RADEON 9800 PRO 256 MB DDR2, you can buy the The RADEON XT since it is sold for same price.

The RADEON 9800 PRO 256 MB is the most visually advanced 3D performer on the market now, delivering an immersive, cinematic experience for the most demanding next-generation games with up to 256MB of DDR 2 memory and a 256-bit memory interface.

Merging advanced stability with revolutionary features, RADEON™ 9800 series is the only Visual Processing family in its 3rd generation.

Here are its Features

The RADEON™ 9800 PRO 256MB uses a software called CATALYST™.

This card provides hardware support for one DVI-I monitor or two VGA monitors using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. A TV can also be used to expand your desktop by using the S-Video out.

Because the card support Dual Monitors, the HYDRAVISION in CATALYST has Features like -Transparent windows and menus
- "Always-on-Top"
- Multi-Desk properties
- Cycle through desktops view
- Move To Monitor
- Internet Explorer extension that will help you manage everything in an easy way.

CATALIST also offers other features like : The SMARTGART is a suite of testing and diagnostics tools that perform a variety of bus tests to determine the optimal settings for your ATI graphics accelerator installed in your computer.

SMARTGART automatically configures your graphics device to the optimal settings.

The FULLSTREAM and VIDEOSHADER produce smoother looking, higher quality video and steaming Internet content without putting extra strain on th cpu.

SMARTSHADER 2.1 supports the latest Microsoft DirectX 9.0 feature sets, enabling more complex and cinematic-quality lightning effects.

SMOOTHVISION 2.1 delivers the sharpest, clearest textures, removes jaggies and brings out fine texture details without sacrificing frame rates.

128-bit full floating point precision enables billions of color cariations to render the same lightning and effects as Hollywood studios.

The card also has a third generation 8-pixel pipeline architecture. Plus it does support a Flat panel monitor, the AGP 8X specification and High resolution in 3D up to 2048x1536.

The RADEON 9800 PRO 256 MB DDR 2 is the most advance card on the market now. Since it is very powerful it plugs directly on your hardrive and your power supply so make sure you have a strong enought power, minimum 300 Watt. Plus make sure that your computer meets the minimum requirements like your operating system must be Windows ME, 2000 or XP.

The RADEON 9800 PRO 256 MB offers the best quality of what anyone would want in an high end graphic card. Also many users wants the dual monitors feature so ATI makes it a standard now that their cards support 2 monitors in order to give the user more flexibility while they are working.

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Manufacturer
ATI

VPU=Visual Processing Unit
RADEON 9800 R350

Memory
256 DDR 2

AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port
8X

Specification

• Third generation 8-pixel pipeline architecture.
• Support for AGP 8X specification.
• 256-bit DDR memory interface
• Support Direct 3D
® and OpenGL® applications
• High resolution in 3D up to 2048x1536
• Flat panel support
• Dual display support
• Supports TV-Out to connect your PC to your TV or VCR.

Minimum Requirements

• Windows Me, 2000 and XP
• Intel Pentium III and 4
• Celeron II
• AMD K7/Athlon XP with AGP 8X, 4X or AGP 3.0 bus configuration
• 128 MB
• DVD Playback requires DVD drive

Software Bundle

• Compatible and S-video cables
• S-video to composite adapter
• DVI to VGA dongle
• Power cable Connector

Display Support

• VGA connector for analog CRT
• S-video or compatible connector for TV/VCR
• DVI-I connector for digital CRT or Flat Panel
• Drive 2 displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates

Warranty

• 3 years Limited

Hardware Specialist

Casey McDonald

 

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