Overview & Features
The Radeon™ X850 series
delivers further on the promise of high-definition gaming. with up to 16
pipelines, the fastest frame rates and ATI's industry-leading 3D image enhancement
technology.
High-definition Gaming with Blockbuster Features
The Radeon™ X850 series advances high-definition gaming with blockbuster
features, including SmartShader™ HD,
ATI's highly advanced pixel shader engine. With up to 16 parallel pixel pipelines
and up to 43 billion shader operations per second, the Radeon™ X850 series
delivers the power serious gamers need.
SmoothVision™ HD combines
advanced texture filtering with ATI's revolutionary 3Dc™ image
enhancement technology to deliver brilliant image quality without compromising
performance. 3Dc™ has
quickly become an industry standard for supporting complex, high-definition
visual effects in real time.
Hyper
Z™ HD, ATI's intelligent data compression technology, enables
the Radeon™ X850 series to optimize available memory bandwidth for
ultra-high resolution 3D gaming and ultra-fast performance. The result
is an extreme gaming experience, making this an excellent choice for
serious gamers.
Tomorrow's Video Experience Today
With VideoShader™ HD,
the Radeon™ X850 series delivers a futuristic multimedia experience
for Internet streaming video and DVD playback. The Radeon™ X850
offers advanced hardware acceleration of video for reduced CPU
utilization which increases overall system performance. Comprehensive
support for industry-standard video formats, such as MPEG1/2/4,
Real Media, DivX and WMV9 is also included. ATI's
FullStream™ vvideo
processing technology further sharpens streaming video playback
image quality.
The Solution for Extreme Gaming
With its sophisticated board design, the Radeon™ X850
series is perfectly suited for today's newest and most demanding games. Power
throttling technology together with the complex fan control system vastly improves
overall stability and performance.
The Radeon™ X850 series also features ATI's incredible
display architecture, now with dual-DVI support. With output to HDTV capability,
big screen multimedia and gaming is now larger and sharper than ever before.
Users can simultaneously view on analog and digital monitors, including TV
or HDTV, for the ultimate gaming, multimedia and applications multitasking
experience.
Ultimate Performance and Stability
The Radeon™ X850 series features ATI's all-new ATI Catalyst™ Control
Center, the award-winning application that is revolutionizing how users
interact with their graphics software. ATI Catalyst™ Control
Center delivers stable 3D acceleration control software, providing
exceptional graphics performance and breathtaking visual quality, while
giving users complete command of their graphics processing unit.
Radeon™ X850 is certified by Imaging Science Research Labs Inc.
The Imaging Science Research Labs (ISF RL) certification and logo
identify ATI’s Media Center Edition-ready products as best-in-class
multimedia components, tested and verified to meet a superior level of
technical performance, and the approval of the most discerning eye and
ear.
Imaging
Science Research Labs
